pang
To cause to have great pain or sufferingTo cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment, to torture.
» Tom felt a pang of jealousy.
Meaning
1 sensesTo cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment, to torture.
му́читьmúčitʹ, коло́тьkolótʹ, разрыва́тьrazryvátʹ
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
He felt the pangs of conscience.
ruОн испытывал угрызения совести. — marafon
deEr hatte Gewissensbisse. — al_ex_an_der
Tom felt the pangs of hunger.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
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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Forms
pangs, panging, panged, pangedSynonyms
16 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle