Definitions for PAIN
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pain, hurtingnoun

   a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder

   "the patient developed severe pain and distension"

2. pain, painfulnessnoun

   emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid

   "the pain of loneliness"

3. pain, pain sensation, painful sensationnoun

   a somatic sensation of acute discomfort

   "as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain"

4. pain, pain in the neck, nuisancenoun

   a bothersome annoying person

   "that kid is a terrible pain"

5. annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the assverb

   something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness

   "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction"

6. trouble, ail, painverb

   cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed

7. pain, anguish, hurtverb

   cause emotional anguish or make miserable

   "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school"

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. painnoun

   Uneasiness of mind; mental distress; disquietude; anxiety; grief; solicitude; anguish. Also called mental pain. Chaucer.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. painnoun

   An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.

2. painnoun

   The condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress; sadness; grief; solicitude; disquietude.

3. painnoun

   An annoying person or thing.

   Your mother is a right pain.

4. painnoun

   Suffering seen as a punishment or penalty.

5. painverb

   To hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture.

   The wound pained him.

6. painverb

   To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve.

   It pains me to say that I must let you go.

7. painverb

   To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish.

8. Painnoun

   An English surname, variant of Paine.

9. Etymology: From and peine, from poena, from

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Painnoun

   Etymology: peine, Fr. pin, Sax. pæna, Lat.

   1. Punishment denounced.

   There the princesses determining to bathe themselves, thought it was so privileged a place, upon pain of death, as no body durst presume to come thither. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

   On pain of death no person being so bold,
   Or daring hardy, as to touch the list. William Shakespeare, Rich. III.

   Interpose, on pain of my displeasure,
   Betwixt your swords. John Dryden, Don Sebastian.

   None shall presume to fly under pain of death, with wings of any other man’s making. Joseph Addison, Guardian.

   2. Penalty; punishment.

   Because Eusebius hath yet said nothing, we will by way of mulct or pain, lay it upon him. Francis Bacon.

   3. Sensation of uneasiness.

   As the pains of the touch are greater than the offences of the other senses; so likewise are the pleasures. Francis Bacon.

   Pain is perfect misery, the worst
   Of evils; and excessive, overturns
   All patience. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. vi.

   He would believe, but yet is still in pain,
   Presses the pulse, and feels the leaping vein. Dryden.

   4. [In the plural.] Labour; work; toil.

   Many have taken the pains to go out of Europe to reside as friars in America. George Abbot, Descrip. of the World.

   One laboureth and taketh pains, and maketh haste, and is so much the more behind. Ecclus xi. 11.

   The pains they had taken, was very great. Edward Hyde.

   If philosophy be uncertain, the former will conclude it vain; and the latter may be in danger of pronouncing the same on their pains, who seek it, if after all their labour they must reap the wind, mere opinion and conjecture. Joseph Glanvill.

   She needs no weary steps ascend,
   All seems before her feet to bend;
   And here, as she was born she lies,
   High without taking pains to rise. Edmund Waller.

   The deaf person must be discreetly treated, and by pleasant usage wrought upon, to take some pains at it, watching your seasons and taking great care, that he may not hate his task, but do it chearfully. William Holder.

   If health be such a blessing, it may be worth the pains to discover the regions where it grows, and the springs that feed it. William Temple.

   They called him a thousand fools for his pains. Roger L'Estrange.

   Some natures the more pains a man takes to reclaim them, the worse they are. Roger L'Estrange, Fab. 242.

   Her nimble feet refuse
   Their wonted speed, and she took pains to lose. Dryden.

   The same with pains we gain, but lose with ease,
   Sure some to vex, but never all to please. Alexander Pope.

   A reasonable clergyman, if he will be at the pains, can make the most ignorant man comprehend what is his duty, and convince him that he ought to perform it. Jonathan Swift.

   5. Labour; task. The singular, is, in this sense, obsolete.

   He soft arrived on the grassy plain,
   And fairly paced forth with easy pain. Hubberd.

   Tone paine in a cottage doth take,
   When t’other trim bowers do make. Thomas Tusser, Husb.

   When of the dew, which th’ eye and ear do take,
   From flow’rs abroad and bring into the brain,
   She doth within both wax and honey make:
   This work is hers, this is her proper pain. Davies.

   When a lion shakes his dreadful mane,
   And angry grows, if he that first took pain
   To tame his youth, approach the haughty beast,
   He bends to him, but frights away the rest. Edmund Waller.

   6. Uneasiness of mind.

   It bid her feel
   No future pain for me; but instant wed
   A lover more proportion’d to her bed. Matthew Prior.

   7. The throws of child-birth.

   She bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her. 1 Sam. iv. 19.

2. To Painverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To afflict; to torment; to make uneasy.

   I am pained at my very heart, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet. Jer. iv. 19.

   She drops a doubtful word that pains his mind,
   And leaves a rankling jealousy behind. Dryden.

   Excess of cold as well as heat, pains us, because it is equally destructive to that temper which is necessary to the preservation of life. John Locke.

   Pleasure arose in those very parts of his leg, that just before had been so much pained by the fetter. Addison.

   2. [With the reciprocal pronoun.] To labour.

   Though the lord of the liberty do pain himself to yield equal justice unto all, yet can there not but great abuses lurk in so absolute a privilege. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

   He pained himself to raise his note. Dryden.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pain

   Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli. The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage." In medical diagnosis, pain is regarded as a symptom of an underlying condition. Pain motivates the individual to withdraw from damaging situations, to protect a damaged body part while it heals, and to avoid similar experiences in the future. Most pain resolves once the noxious stimulus is removed and the body has healed, but it may persist despite removal of the stimulus and apparent healing of the body. Sometimes pain arises in the absence of any detectable stimulus, damage or disease.Pain is the most common reason for physician consultation in most developed countries. It is a major symptom in many medical conditions, and can interfere with a person's quality of life and general functioning. Simple pain medications are useful in 20% to 70% of cases. Psychological factors such as social support, cognitive behavioral therapy, excitement, or distraction can affect pain's intensity or unpleasantness.In some debates regarding physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia, pain has been used as an argument to permit people who are terminally ill to end their lives.

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1. pain

   Pain can be generally defined as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage. It is a subjective experience that can vary in intensity, duration, and qualities, influencing an individual's physical and emotional well-being.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Painnoun

   punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment for crime, or connected with the commission of a crime; penalty

2. Painnoun

   any uneasy sensation in animal bodies, from slight uneasiness to extreme distress or torture, proceeding from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; bodily distress; bodily suffering; an ache; a smart

3. Painnoun

   specifically, the throes or travail of childbirth

4. Painnoun

   uneasiness of mind; mental distress; disquietude; anxiety; grief; solicitude; anguish

5. Painnoun

   see Pains, labor, effort

6. Painnoun

   to inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish

7. Painnoun

   to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture; as, his dinner or his wound pained him; his stomach pained him

8. Painnoun

   to render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve; as a child's faults pain his parents

9. Etymology: [OE. peine, F. peine, fr. L. poena, penalty, punishment, torment, pain; akin to Gr. poinh` penalty. Cf. Penal, Pine to languish, Punish.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pain

   Pain is an unpleasant feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli, such as stubbing a toe, burning a finger, putting alcohol on a cut, and bumping the "funny bone". The International Association for the Study of Pain's widely used definition states: "Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage." Pain motivates the individual to withdraw from damaging situations, to protect a damaged body part while it heals, and to avoid similar experiences in the future. Most pain resolves promptly once the painful stimulus is removed and the body has healed, but sometimes pain persists despite removal of the stimulus and apparent healing of the body; and sometimes pain arises in the absence of any detectable stimulus, damage or disease. Pain is the most common reason for physician consultation in the United States. It is a major symptom in many medical conditions, and can significantly interfere with a person's quality of life and general functioning. Psychological factors such as social support, hypnotic suggestion, excitement, or distraction can significantly modulate pain's intensity or unpleasantness.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pain

   pān, n. suffering coming as the punishment of evil-doing: suffering either of body or mind: anguish: great care or trouble taken in doing anything: (pl.) labour: care: trouble: the throes of childbirth.—v.t. to cause suffering to: to distress: to torment: to grieve.—adjs. Pained, showing or expressing pain: (B.) in pain, in labour; Pain′ful, full of pain: causing pain: requiring labour, pain, or care: (arch.) hard-working, painstaking: distressing: difficult.—adv. Pain′fully.—n. Pain′fulness.—adj. Pain′less, without pain.—adv. Pain′lessly.—ns. Pain′lessness; Pains′taker, one who takes pains or care: a laborious worker.—adj. Pains′taking, taking pains or care: laborious: diligent.—n. careful labour: diligence.—Under pain of, subject to the penalty of. [Fr. peine—L. pœna, satisfaction—Gr. poinē, penalty.]

The Roycroft DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pain

   1. The sacred, immanent music of the Cosmos written in slow triple time. 2. A form of salvation invented by Christianity. 3. A beautiful and ecstatic state wherein one comes to a realization of the benevolence of the Almighty.

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pain

   An unpleasant sensation induced by noxious stimuli which are detected by NERVE ENDINGS of NOCICEPTIVE NEURONS.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pain

   My pain isn't who I am, But it controls who I am, And in this world, What you can do Is a huge measure of who you are. Words don't always win, but actions do.

   
   

   Submitted by anonymous on October 2, 2019  

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PAIN

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pain is ranked #35812 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Pain surname appeared 627 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Pain.
   
   64.4% or 404 total occurrences were White.
   18% or 113 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   10% or 63 total occurrences were Black.
   6% or 38 total occurrences were Asian.
   1.4% or 9 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Feeling
   • Hurt
   • Symptom
   • Unpleasant Person
   • Upset

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'PAIN' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1426

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'PAIN' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1680

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'PAIN' in Nouns Frequency: #569

Anagrams for PAIN »

1. NIPA

2. nipa

3. pani

4. pian

5. pina

How to pronounce PAIN?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say PAIN in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of PAIN in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of PAIN in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of PAIN in a Sentence

1. Julianna Hough:

   I tell my story about the last few years through a lot of the loss and you know, pain and grief that I went through from choices that I made and choices that I didn’t make, life is about choices … I’ve always shared a lot of my personal, private life on Instagram, especially when I was married and people loved that, but that felt like, oh my gosh, I have nothing left for myself that feels sacred. Cause everybody knows everything. So how can I stand for what I believe politically or emotionally through my art?

2. Michael Schatman:

   The pendulum swung too far, about 20 million people in the U.S. have chronic, high-impact pain and are disabled by it.

3. The Panthers:

   As a man, as a person I don't like seeing anyone laying there in pain or hurting or just missing reps or battling through it. I can't stand those things. But injuries do happen in football. But it's important to me that when our players do get banged up ... they know their value to me and us is not just what they do on the field. We care about who they are.

4. Bruce Van Saun:

   There could be a slowdown or even a shallow and short recession. But we're not seeing a protracted downturn that would inflict a lot of pain.

5. Kenneth Mautner:

   It's not the kind of injury that affects the spine or the nerves so it's a matter of when the pain settles down enough so he can play.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=PAIN
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=PAIN
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pain
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=PAIN
5. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pain
6. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
7. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/PAIN
8. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=PAIN
9. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=PAIN
10. ^ The Roycroft Dictionary
    https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36566/36566-h/36566-h.htm#:~:text=PAIN
11. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html