Meaning & use
pain
An unpleasant physical sensation caused by illness or injury, or emotional suffering caused by a difficult situation.
See it in a sentence
She felt a sharp pain in her ankle after twisting it on the stairs.
Losing his childhood home caused him deep pain that lasted for years.
A note on using this word
Pain is usually uncountable for general suffering but countable for a specific sensation, as in 'a pain in my back'.
Words with a similar meaning
achedistress
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Words with an opposite meaning
comfortpleasure
Another way to use it
2. noun
An annoying or troublesome person or situation (informal).
Fixing the printer every week has become a real pain.
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