- pain
- n1. hurt, ache, aching, smart, smarting, soreness, discomfort; twinge, pinch, gripe, nip, pang, shock, crick, stitch, stabbing pain, sharp pain; throb, throbbing, gnawing pain, burning pain.2. torture, torment, rack, agony; anguish, grief, woe, sorrow; dolor, suffering, travail; misery, heartache, broken-heartedness, Archaic. bale; wretchedness, desolation, depths of despair, despondency, unhappiness, infelicity.3. mental suffering, uneasiness, disquiet, disquietude, distress, discomposure; anxiety, worry, care, cark, trouble; tribulation, trial, trials and tribulation, ordeal; burden, load, cross, curse, crown of thorns.4. bother, nuisance, pest, Inf. worriment, fret; aggravation, annoyance, vexation, thorn in one's side; bitterness, gall, wormwood, gall and wormwood.5. painsa. effort, care, carefulness, special attention or consideration; labor, laboriousness, diligence, trouble, troublesomeness, labored attention or study.b. labor pangs, labor, childbirth, childbed, parturition.v6. hurt, wound, harm, injure; cut, cut up, sting, bite, smite, gripe, gnaw, chafe, burn, stab, pierce, lancinate; abuse, maltreat, disable, impair, cripple; torture, torment, rack, agonize, excruciate.7. aggrieve, grieve, sorrow; sadden, despond, dishearten, depress; scathe, cut to the quick, cut to the heart.8. harrow, disturb, distress, discommode, trouble, disquiet, afflict; harry, heckle, harass, tease, pester, plague, bait, bullyrag; pique, vex, gall, rile, roil, agitate, exasperate, try one's patience; worry, pother, bother, fret; annoy, grate, grate on one's nerves, grate on one's feelings, bore.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.