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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Pain \Pain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pained (p[=a]nd); p. pr. &
vb. n. Paining.] [OE. peinen, OF. pener, F. peiner to
fatigue. See Pain, n.]
1. To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish. [Obs.]
--Wyclif (Acts xxii. 5).
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2. 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.
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Excess of cold, as well as heat, pains us. --Locke
.
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3. To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to
grieve; as, a child's faults pain his parents.
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I am pained at my very heart. --Jer. iv. 19.
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To pain one's self, to exert or trouble one's self; to take
pains; to be solicitous. [Obs.] ``She pained her to do all
that she might.'' --Chaucer.
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Syn: To disquiet; trouble; afflict; grieve; aggrieve;
distress; agonize; torment; torture.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Pain \Pain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pained; p. pr. & vb. n.
Paining.] [OE. peinen, OF. pener, F. peiner to fatigue. See
Pain, n.]
1. To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish. [Obs.]
--Wyclif (Acts xxii. 5).
2. 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.
Excess of cold, as well as heat, pains us. --Locke
.
3. To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to
grieve; as a child's faults pain his parents.
I am pained at my very heart. --Jer. iv. 19.
To pain one's self, to exert or trouble one's self; to take
pains; to be solicitous. [Obs.] ``She pained her to do all
that she might.'' --Chaucer.
Syn: To disquiet; trouble; afflict; grieve; aggrieve;
distress; agonize; torment; torture.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
paining
vb.
(present participle of en pain nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
paining
vb.
(present participle of en pain nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
paining
vb.
(present participle of en pain nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
paining
vb.
(present participle of en pain nocat=1)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
paining
Engelska a.
(avledning en pain ordform=prespart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb pain)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Paining /pˈeɪnɪŋ/
الأذى
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
paining /pˈeɪnɪŋ/
schmerzend, weh tuend
Synonym: anguishing
see: pain, anguish, pained, anguished
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
paining /pˈeɪnɪŋ/
schmerzlich berührend, schmerzend, im Innersten/in der Seele wehtuend, zu Herzen gehend, beelendend, in die Seele schneidend
Synonyms: grieving, being painful, causing pain, distressing, making miserable
see: grieve sb., pain sb., be painful for sb., cause sb. pain, distress sb., make sb. miserable, grieved, pained, been painful, caused pain, distressed, made miserable, It grieves me to see more and more land being sealed and lost as green space., It sometimes does cause me pain to see people being unappreciative of my work., The pictures visibly pain her., It distresses me to see perfectly good food just being thrown away.
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