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Noun pain has 5 senses

pain, hurting - a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension"
--₁ is a kind of attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try; symptom; attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try; symptom
--₁ has particulars:

jihad, jehad; 4 of 5 senses of pain ; pain, hurting; ache, aching; agony, suffering, excruciation; arthralgia; burn, burning; causalgia; colic, intestinal colic; chest pain; chiralgia; distress; dysmenorrhea; glossalgia, glossodynia; growing pains; hemorrhoid, haemorrhoid, piles; keratalgia; labor pain; mastalgia; melagra; meralgia; metralgia; myalgia, myodynia; nephralgia; neuralgia, neuralgy; odynophagia; orchidalgia; pang; pang, sting; photalgia, photophobia; pleurodynia, pleuralgia, costalgia; podalgia; proctalgia; referred pain; renal colic; smart, smarting; sting, stinging; stitch; tenderness, soreness; thermalgesia; throb; torture, torment; ulalgia; urodynia; striving, nisus, pains, strain; jihad, jehad; 4 of 5 senses of pain ; pain, hurting; ache, aching; agony, suffering, excruciation; arthralgia; burn, burning; causalgia; colic, intestinal colic; chest pain; chiralgia; distress; dysmenorrhea; glossalgia, glossodynia; growing pains; hemorrhoid, haemorrhoid, piles; keratalgia; labor pain; mastalgia; melagra; meralgia; metralgia; myalgia, myodynia; nephralgia; neuralgia, neuralgy; odynophagia; orchidalgia; pang; pang, sting; photalgia, photophobia; pleurodynia, pleuralgia, costalgia; podalgia; proctalgia; referred pain; renal colic; smart, smarting; sting, stinging; stitch; tenderness, soreness; thermalgesia; throb; torture, torment; ulalgia; urodynia

Derived forms: verb pain₂, verb pain₁

pain, painfulness - emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid; "the pain of loneliness"
--₂ is a kind of feeling; feeling
Antonyms: pleasure, pleasance
--₂ has particulars:

growing pains; unpleasantness; mental anguish; suffering, hurt; distress, hurt, suffering; pain, painfulness; growing pains; unpleasantness; mental anguish; suffering, hurt; distress, hurt, suffering

Derived form: verb pain₂

pain, painful sensation - a somatic sensation of acute discomfort; "as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain"
--₃ is a kind of somesthesia, somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation; somesthesia, somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation
--₃ has particulars:
mittelschmerz; phantom limb pain; twinge; pain, painful sensation; mittelschmerz; phantom limb pain; twinge

Derived form: verb pain₁
pain, pain in the neck, nuisance - a bothersome annoying person; "that kid is a terrible pain"
--₄ is a kind of unpleasant person, disagreeable person; unpleasant person, disagreeable person
annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass - 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"
--₅ is a kind of negative stimulus; negative stimulus
--₅ has particulars:
nuisance; irritant, thorn; plague; annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass; nuisance; irritant, thorn; plague

Derived form: verb pain₂

Verb pain has 2 senses

afflict, trouble, ail, pain - cause bodily suffering to
--₁ is one way to hurt

Derived forms: noun pain₃, noun pain₁
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
pain, anguish, hurt - cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school"
--₂ is one way to upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit

Derived forms: noun pain₅, noun pain₂, noun pain₁
Sample sentence:
The bad news will pain him