pains

Meanings

• an effortful attempt to attain a goal
• a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
• emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid
• a somatic sensation of acute discomfort
• a bothersome annoying person
• something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
• cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
• cause emotional anguish or make miserable
  • "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school"

Synonyms

ail, anguish, annoyance, bother, botheration, hurt, hurting, infliction, nisus, nuisance, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck, pain sensation, painful sensation, painfulness, strain, striving, trouble