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pained

The correct spelling is pained.

How to pronounce pained

verb

IPA: /peɪnd/

Say it like: Pay-ned

The correct spelling is pained. To hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture. For example: "The wound pained him."

Usage Examples

The wound pained him.

It pains me to say that I must let you go.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture.
  2. 2.To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve.
  3. 3.To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish.

adjective

  1. 1.In pain, especially in an emotional sense.

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