pang
A paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguishA paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; a feeling of sudden and transitory agony; a throe.
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» Tom felt a pang of jealousy.
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By meaning 2
Examples
16 sentencesTom felt a pang of jealousy.
I have hunger pangs.
ruУ меня болит живот от голода. — Inego
deIch habe bohrenden Hunger. — al_ex_an_der
Are those pangs of conscience that you're feeling, or just pangs of hunger?
Це тебе гризе совість чи просто голод? — deniko
Meaning
2 senses(in the plural, often)A paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; a feeling of sudden and transitory agony; a throe.
Schmerz, Stechen
внезапнаяvnezapnaja, больbolʹ, уко́лukól
(in the plural, often)A sudden sharp feeling of an emotional or mental nature, as of joy or sorrow.
Anfall, Stich
угрызе́ниеugryzénije
a sudden sharp feeling
Origin
The origin of the noun is uncertain; it is possibly derived from Middle English *pange, peThe origin of the noun is uncertain; it is possibly derived from Middle English *pange, perhaps an altered form of prange, prōnge (“affliction, agony, pain; pointed instrument”) as in prongys of deth (“pangs of death, death throes”), from Anglo-Latin pronga, of unknown origin. Perhaps connected with Middle Dutch prange, pranghe (“instrument for pinching”) (modern Dutch prang (“horse restraint; fetter, neck iron”)), Middle Low German prange (“pole, stake; (possibly) kind of pillory or stocks”), Old English pyngan (“to prick”). The word may thus be related to prong.
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