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How to pronounce pain
Say it like this: /peɪ̯n/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does pain mean?
nounAn ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.
“I had to stop running when I started getting pains in my feet.”
The pangs or sufferings of childbirth, caused by contractions of the uterus.
The condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress
“The pain of departure was difficult to bear.”
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.”
To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve.
“It pains me to say that I must let you go.”
To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish.
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