Synonym: ache, discomfort, distress, hurt, irritation, pang, soreness, suffering. Antonym: pleasure, relieve. Similar words: painter, paintwork, maintain, pair, impair, repair, a pair of, campaign. Meaning: [peɪn] 
n. 1. a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder 2. emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid 3. a somatic sensation of acute discomfort 4. a bothersome annoying person 5. something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness. v. 1. cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed 2. cause emotional anguish or make miserable.
n. 1. a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder 2. emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid 3. a somatic sensation of acute discomfort 4. a bothersome annoying person 5. something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness. v. 1. cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed 2. cause emotional anguish or make miserable. 181. Three months after the operation, the pain was still there.
182. Nausea and tiredness were mere pinpricks compared to the emotional pain she was feeling.