Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pains

1 sense of pains

Sense 1
striving, nisus, pains, strain -- (an effortful attempt to attain a goal)
       => attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try -- (earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something; "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pain

5 senses of pain

Sense 1
pain, hurting -- (a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension")
       => symptom -- ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

Sense 2
pain, painfulness -- (emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid; "the pain of loneliness")
       => feeling -- (the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual")

Sense 3
pain, pain sensation, painful sensation -- (a somatic sensation of acute discomfort; "as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain")
       => somesthesia, somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation -- (the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations; "he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes")

Sense 4
pain, pain in the neck, nuisance -- (a bothersome annoying person; "that kid is a terrible pain")
       => unpleasant person, disagreeable person -- (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)

Sense 5
annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass -- (something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction")
       => negative stimulus -- (a stimulus with undesirable consequences)

Antonyms of noun pains
                                                                         

Antonyms of noun pain

1 of 5 senses of pain

Sense 2
pain, painfulness -- (emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid; "the pain of loneliness")
       Antonym of pleasure (Sense 1)
      => pleasure, pleasance -- (a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience; "he was tingling with pleasure")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb pain

2 senses of pain

Sense 1
trouble, ail, pain -- (cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed)
       => hurt -- (give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back")

Sense 2
pain, anguish, hurt -- (cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school")
       => upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit -- (cause to lose one's composure)

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