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.
» Tom felt a pang of jealousy.
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
a sudden sharp feeling
(in the plural, often)A sudden sharp feeling of an emotional or mental nature, as of joy or sorrow.
Anfall, Stich
угрызе́ниеugryzénije
Examples
16 sentencesTom felt a pang of jealousy.
I have hunger pangs.
ruУ меня болит живот от голода.
deIch habe bohrenden Hunger.
Are those pangs of conscience that you're feeling, or just pangs of hunger?
Це тебе гризе совість чи просто голод?
He felt the pangs of conscience.
ruОн испытывал угрызения совести.
deEr hatte Gewissensbisse.
Tom felt the pangs of hunger.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
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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