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pain

pain - noun

A sensation of physical discomfort occurring as the result of disease or injury: ache, pang, prick, prickle, smart, soreness, stab, sting, stitch, throe, twinge. Informal misery. See pain.
A state of physical or mental suffering: affliction, agony, anguish, distress, hurt, misery, torment, torture, woe, wound, wretchedness. See happy.
Attentiveness to detail. care, carefulness, fastidiousness, meticulousness, painstaking, punctiliousness, scrupulousness, thoroughness. See careful.
The use of energy to do something. effort, endeavor, exertion, strain, striving, struggle, trouble, while. Informal elbow grease. See work.
One that makes another totally miserable by causing sharp pain and irritation: thorn, trial. See pain.

To cause suffering or painful sorrow to: aggrieve, distress, grieve, hurt, injure, wound. See happy.
To have or cause a feeling of physical pain or discomfort: ache, hurt, pang, twinge. See pain.