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pain
noun
1 an uncomfortable, distressing or agonizing sensation caused by the stimulation of specialized nerve endings by heat, cold, pressure or other strong stimuli.
2 emotional suffering.
3 derog colloq an irritating or troublesome person or thing.
4 (pains) trouble taken or efforts made in doing something.
verb (pained , paining ) rather formal to cause distress to someone It pained me to see the injured donkey .
[13c: from Latin poena punishment]
be at pains to do something to be anxious to do it with due care and thoroughness.
for one's pains ironic as a reward (usually a poor one) for the trouble one has taken.
on pain of something at the risk of incurring it as a punishment.
take pains to be careful to do something properly; to be thorough over a task, etc.
noun
1 an uncomfortable, distressing or agonizing sensation caused by the stimulation of specialized nerve endings by heat, cold, pressure or other strong stimuli.
2 emotional suffering.
3 derog colloq an irritating or troublesome person or thing.
4 (pains) trouble taken or efforts made in doing something.
verb (pained , paining ) rather formal to cause distress to someone It pained me to see the injured donkey .
[13c: from Latin poena punishment]
be at pains to do something to be anxious to do it with due care and thoroughness.
for one's pains ironic as a reward (usually a poor one) for the trouble one has taken.
on pain of something at the risk of incurring it as a punishment.
take pains to be careful to do something properly; to be thorough over a task, etc.
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