Synonyms for pang

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pang

Phonetic Transcription : pæŋ

Top 10 synonyms for pang

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Définition of pang

Origin : 1520s, "sudden physical pain," of unknown origin, perhaps related to prong (prongys of deth is recorded from mid-15c.). Reference to mental or emotional pain is from 1560s. Related: Pangs.

noun ache, twinge

Example sentences :

Here the pang suddenly struck her; she was not so numb, after all!
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

She could never have believed she could have felt such a pang.
Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair

There was a pride in the statement with regard to which my first feeling was a pang of envy.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

A pang as of death went through her at the thought that she had not spoken.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

If there was a pang, Betty pretended to herself that there was none.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

A pang of remorse came to Hilda as she touched her brother's strong arm.
Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman

And what a pang for a poor creature to go off like that without a word, a caress.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Close by the path across the field to the road stood the Pang apple-tree.
Extract from : « The Bay State Monthly, Vol. 1, Issue 1. » by Various

Then he turned back again, and, just at the doorstep, paused with a pang at his heart.
Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr

Lisarda, however, continued, unconscious of the pang she had inflicted.
Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso

Antonyms for pang

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