pain
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
the patient developed severe pain and distension
Types & categories
- symptom hypernym
- ache hyponym
- excruciation hyponym
- arthralgia hyponym
- burn hyponym
- causalgia hyponym
- colic hyponym
- chest pain hyponym
- chiralgia hyponym
- distress hyponym
- dysmenorrhea hyponym
- glossalgia hyponym
- growing pains hyponym
- piles hyponym
- keratalgia hyponym
- labor pain hyponym
- mastalgia hyponym
- melagra hyponym
- meralgia hyponym
- metralgia hyponym
- myalgia hyponym
- nephralgia hyponym
- neuralgia hyponym
- odynophagia hyponym
- orchidalgia hyponym
- pang hyponym
- sting hyponym
- photalgia hyponym
- pleurodynia hyponym
- podalgia hyponym
- proctalgia hyponym
- referred pain hyponym
- renal colic hyponym
- smartness hyponym
- sting hyponym
- stitch hyponym
- soreness hyponym
- thermalgesia hyponym
- throb hyponym
- torment hyponym
- ulalgia hyponym
- urodynia hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
Types & categories
- hurt hypernym
- recrudesce hyponym
Related & opposite
- pain sensation derivation
- trouble derivation
- complaint derivation
- pain derivation
Sense 3 noun
emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid
the pain of loneliness
Types & categories
- feeling hypernym
- growing pains hyponym
- unpleasantness hyponym
- mental anguish hyponym
- hurt hyponym
- distress hyponym
Related & opposite
- pleasure antonym
- pain derivation
- painful derivation
- afflictive derivation
Sense 4 verb
cause emotional anguish or make miserable
It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school
Types & categories
- untune hypernym
- break someone's heart hyponym
- agonize hyponym
- try hyponym
- torture hyponym
Related & opposite
- suffer causes
- pain in the ass derivation
- painfulness derivation
- hurt derivation
- torture derivation
- pain derivation
- anguish derivation
Sense 5 noun
a somatic sensation of acute discomfort
as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain
Types & categories
- somesthesia hypernym
- mittelschmerz hyponym
- phantom limb pain hyponym
- twinge hyponym
Related & opposite
- pain derivation
Sense 6 noun
a bothersome annoying person
that kid is a terrible pain
Types & categories
- unpleasant person hypernym
Sense 7 noun
something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer
Types & categories
- negative stimulus hypernym
- nuisance hyponym
- irritant hyponym
- plague hyponym
Related & opposite
- devil derivation
- bother derivation
- pain derivation
- inconvenience derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | suffer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pain |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pain |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ache |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hurt |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | symptom |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ache |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | excruciation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | arthralgia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | burn |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | causalgia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | colic |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chest pain |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chiralgia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | distress |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dysmenorrhea |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | glossalgia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | growing pains |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | piles |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | keratalgia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | labor pain |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mastalgia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | melagra |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | meralgia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | metralgia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | myalgia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nephralgia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | neuralgia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | odynophagia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | orchidalgia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pang |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sting |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | photalgia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pleurodynia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | podalgia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | proctalgia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | referred pain |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | renal colic |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | smartness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sting |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stitch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | soreness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | thermalgesia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | throb |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | torment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ulalgia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | urodynia |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pain sensation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | trouble |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | complaint |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pain |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hurt |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | recrudesce |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | pleasure |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pain |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | painful |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | afflictive |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | feeling |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | growing pains |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | unpleasantness |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | mental anguish |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hurt |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | distress |
| 4 | causes | Related & opposite | suffer |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pain in the ass |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | painfulness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | hurt |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | torture |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pain |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | anguish |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | untune |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | break someone's heart |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | agonize |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | try |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | torture |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | pain |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | somesthesia |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | mittelschmerz |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | phantom limb pain |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | twinge |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | unpleasant person |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | devil |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | bother |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | pain |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | inconvenience |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | negative stimulus |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | nuisance |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | irritant |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | plague |