pain

  • 41pain — n.m. Coup de poing : Un pain sur la gueule. / Jour d arrêt ou de prison : Prendre trois pains (armée). / Pain dur, affaire sans intérêt. / Petit pain, fesse. / Le pain de fesse, l argent gagné par la prostitution ou le commerce de la pornographie …

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  • 42pain — co·pain; pain·ful; pain·less; pain; pain·ful·ly; pain·ful·ness; pain·less·ly; pain·less·ness; …

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  • 43pain — [[t]peɪn[/t]] n. 1) physical suffering typically from injury or illness 2) an instance of such suffering; a distressing sensation in a part of the body: a back pain[/ex] 3) severe mental or emotional distress: the pain of loneliness[/ex] 4) pains …

    From formal English to slang

  • 44pain — A favourite example of an experience that seems to resist reduction in terms of behaviour. Although pain obviously has behavioural consequences, being unpleasant, disruptive, and sometimes overwhelming, there is also something more than behaviour …

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  • 45pain — /peɪn / (say payn) noun 1. bodily or mental suffering or distress (opposed to pleasure). 2. a distressing sensation in a particular part of the body. 3. (plural) laborious or careful efforts; assiduous care: great pains have been taken. 4.… …

  • 46pain — 1. noun 1) she endured great pain Syn: suffering, agony, torture, torment, discomfort 2) a pain in the stomach Syn: ache, aching, soreness, throb, throbbing, sting, stinging …

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  • 47pain — n. & v. n. 1 a the range of unpleasant bodily sensations produced by illness or by harmful physical contact etc. b a particular kind or instance of this (often in pl.: suffering from stomach pains). 2 mental suffering or distress. 3 (in pl.)… …

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  • 48pain — fish have nocioceptors, a peripheral nervous receptor, sensitive to noxious stimuli and reporting to the central nervous system where the stimulus is perceived and motor responses initiated. Fishes can sense stimuli but these receptors provide no …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 49pain — noun 1》 a strongly unpleasant bodily sensation such as is caused by illness or injury. 2》 mental suffering or distress. 3》 (also pain in the neck or vulgar slang arse) informal an annoying or tedious person or thing. 4》 (pains) careful effort.… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 50pain — n 1. hurt, ache, aching, smart, smarting, soreness, discomfort; twinge, pinch, gripe, nip, pang, shock, crick, stitch, stabbing pain, sharp pain; throb, throbbing, gnawing pain, burning pain. 2. torture, torment, rack, agony; anguish, grief, woe …

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