noun as in physical suffering
noun as in mental suffering
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agony, anguish, anxiety, bitterness, grief, heartache, misery, sadness, shock, suffering, torment, woe, worry
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affliction, despondency, distress, hurt, malaise, martyrdom, rack, torture, travail, tribulation, wretchedness
noun as in problem
verb as in bother, trouble
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ache, afflict, aggrieve, agonize, ail, anguish, annoy, bite, chafe, chasten, constrain, convulse, discomfort, disquiet, distress, exasperate, excruciate, gall, grieve, gripe, harass, harm, harrow, hurt, inflame, injure, irk, irritate, nick, prick, punish, rack, rile, sadden, smart, sting, strain, stress, suffer, throb, tingle, torment, torture, upset, vex, worry, wound
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Example Sentences
When designing, consider your potential customers’ preferences and pain points.
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Roughly 80 percent of Americans have back pain at some point in their lives.
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Patients with myocarditis can experience chest pain, shortness of breath, fatigue or a rapid or irregular heartbeat.
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So it was the first time that I felt real pain of losing somebody.
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Those people reported mostly mild side effects, such as headaches, fatigue and muscle pain.
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He closed his eyes, imagining the virgins, imagining away the pain in his head and groin.
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Throughout all the stories of loss and pain with the Chief, there was barely a trace of emotion.
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He not only gives out pain — he is in constant, unrelenting pain.
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If laughter is the best medicine, The Comeback made you feel enough pain to need a dose—and then it delivered in spades.
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Just two young kids experiencing the panic, pain, and then the miracle, of new birth.
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He shrank, as from some one who inflicted pain as a child, unwittingly, to see what the effect would be.
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She stabbed him, noting the effect upon him with a detached interest that seemed indifferent to his pain.
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Each sentence came as if torn piecemeal from his unwilling tongue; short, jerky phrases, conceived in pain and delivered in agony.
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I laved his pain-twisted face with the cool water and let a few drops trickle into his open mouth.
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Instinctively he tried to hide both pain and anger—it could only increase this distance that was already there.
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Words related to pain are not direct synonyms, but are associated with the word pain. Browse related words to learn more about word associations.
verbas in feeling soreness or dull pain, often physical
verbas in feeling soreness or dull pain, often physical
verbas in feeling soreness or dull pain, often physical
verbas in feeling soreness or dull pain, often physical
verbas in cause or become hurt
verbas in cause or become hurt
nounas in hurt condition; something that causes hurt
nounas in hurt condition; something that causes hurt
verbas in cause or become hurt
verbas in cause or become hurt
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On this page you'll find 318 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pain, such as: ache, agony, burn, cramp, discomfort, and fever.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
