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pain [ˈpeɪn]

1 pain noun
  • the physical feeling caused by disease, injury, or something that hurts the body
  • mental or emotional suffering : sadness caused by some emotional or mental problem
  • someone or something that causes trouble or makes you feel annoyed or angry —often used in phrases like pain in the neck or (impolite) pain in the ass

2 pain verb
  • to cause (someone) to feel emotional pain : to make (someone) upset, sad, worried, etc.