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Antonyms for pain

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : peyn
Phonetic Transcription : peɪn

Definition of pain

Origin :
  • late 13c., "punishment," especially for a crime; also "condition one feels when hurt, opposite of pleasure," from Old French peine "difficulty, woe, suffering, punishment, Hell's torments" (11c.), from Latin poena "punishment, penalty, retribution, indemnification" (in Late Latin also "torment, hardship, suffering"), from Greek poine "retribution, penalty, quit-money for spilled blood," from PIE *kwei- "to pay, atone, compensate" (see penal). The earliest sense in English survives in phrase on pain of death.
  • Phrase to give (someone) a pain "be annoying and irritating" is from 1908; localized as pain in the neck (1924) and pain in the ass (1934), though this last might have gone long unrecorded and be the original sense and the others euphemisms. Pains "great care taken (for some purpose)" is first recorded 1520s (in the singular in this sense, it is attested from c.1300). First record of pain-killer is from 1853.
  • noun physical suffering
  • noun mental suffering
  • noun problem
  • verb bother, trouble
Example sentences :
  • "In truth, my father, I wished to avoid the pain of parting," rejoined Philæmon.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • My very blood boiled in my veins, that such an one as he could give me pain.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • No; those we love, we love for every thing; even for the pain they have given us.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • But she gave me none: it was where she was not, that pain was.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • The greyness deepened over Austin's face and the pain in his eyes.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • Many in our country do not know the pain of poverty, but we can listen to those who do.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • Her pity was sad and beautiful and at the same time it appeased her pain.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • Supposing—— It was cruel to excite and upset her just for that; it made the pain worse.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • But they've made you older—they've burned the boy out of you with pain!
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • The pain in the marshal's face became a ghastly thing to see.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

Synonyms for pain

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