Meaning

5 senses

  1. (transitive)To 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.

    schmerzen

    причиня́ть больpričinjátʹ bolʹ, причини́ть больpričinítʹ bolʹ

  2. (transitive)To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve.

    It pains me to say that I must let you go.

    му́чить impf or му́чатьmúčitʹ

  3. (dated, intransitive)To hurt; to feel painful.

  4. (India, intransitive)To feel pain; to hurt.

    Please help me: I am paining hard.

  5. (obsolete, transitive)To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish.

    му́чить impf or му́чатьmúčitʹ

More definitions
  • cause emotional anguish or make miserable
  • cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed

Examples

1858 sentences

  1. The pain has mostly gone away.

    Біль майже пройшов. — aandrusiak

    deDer Schmerz ist größtenteils verschwunden. — Wolf

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  2. I have a sharp pain here.

    Я відчуваю ось тут гострий біль. — deniko

    ruУ меня острая боль вот здесь. — marafon

    deIch habe hier einen stechenden Schmerz. — Manfredo

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  3. I have a bad pain here.

    У мене тут сильний біль. — deniko

    ruУ меня здесь сильная боль. — Hellerick

    deIch habe hier starke Schmerzen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. I barely feel the pain anymore.

    Я майже не відчуваю болю. — deniko

    deIch habe kaum noch Schmerzen. — raggione

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  5. The pain will eventually go away.

    Біль врешті-решт пройде. — deniko

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish:
to render uneasy in mind, to grieve:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish:

Origin

From Middle English peyne, payne, from Old French and Anglo-Norman peine, paine, from Lati

From Middle English peyne, payne, from Old French and Anglo-Norman peine, paine, from Latin poena (“punishment, pain”), from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “bloodmoney, weregild, fine, price paid, penalty”), from Proto-Hellenic *kʷoinā́, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂ (“payment”) (whence also Proto-Slavic *cěnà (“price”)).

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Forms

pains, paining, pained, pained
Base formpain · to pain
3rd person singularpains
Present participlepaining
Past simplepained
Past participlepained

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypain
he, she, itpains

Past simpleLesson

all personspained

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pained
he, she, ithas pained

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pain

Synonyms

35 synonyms
hurtA1acheB2agonizeB2anguishB2irritateB1pineB2rackB2tormentC1tortureB2plagueC1harassC1harrowB2troubleB1sufferB1
Close in meaning
  • cause emotional anguish or make miserable:anguishhurt
  • cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed:troubleail

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • pain in my
  • was in pain
  • lot of pain
  • a pain in
  • a sharp pain
  • pain in his
  • sharp pain in
  • sharp pain
  • the pain was
  • pain in the
  • feel any pain
  • ease the pain

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pageantrypagerpagodapailpainfulB1painfullypainkillerpainless

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