Meaning & use
Paining
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Causing physical pain or emotional distress to someone.
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His old knee injury has been paining him again this winter.
It was paining her to watch her friend go through such a difficult breakup.
A note on using this word
In everyday speech, 'paining' is most often used with an indirect object, as in 'it's paining me.'
Words with a similar meaning
hurtingtroubling
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Words with an opposite meaning
soothingrelieving
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