Pained

verb

/peɪnd/

Word Frequency: 1.1

Definitions

1.verbTo hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture.

"The wound pained him."

2.verbTo render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve.

"It pains me to say that I must let you go."

3.verbTo inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish.

4.adjectiveIn pain, especially in an emotional sense.

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