Definitions
cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
Word origin
From Middle English peyne, payne, from Old French and Anglo-Norman peine, paine, from Latin poena (“punishment, pain”), from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “bloodmoney, weregild, fine, price paid, penalty”), from Proto-Hellenic *kʷoinā́, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂ (“payment”) (whence also Proto-Slavic *cěnà (“price”)).
Used in a sentence
“The greatest difficulty lies in treating patients with chronic pain.”
“I had to stop running when I started getting pains in my feet.”
“In the final analysis, pain is a fact of life.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues
01“Ache or soreness”4 letters
02“Sore feeling”4 letters
03“Hurt feeling”4 letters
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