Agony
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noun
- A localized or generalized unpleasant bodily sensation or complex of sensations that causes mild to severe physical discomfort and emotional distress and typically results from bodily disorder (such as injury or disease)
"acute shooting pains"
- A basic bodily sensation that is induced by a noxious stimulus, is received by naked nerve endings, is associated with actual or potential tissue damage, is characterized by physical discomfort (such as pricking, throbbing, or aching), and typically leads to evasive action
- Mental or emotional distress or suffering grief
"the pain she had felt at those humiliating words"
- One that irks or annoys or is otherwise troublesome
"… almost everything requires a password these days, and it can be a real pain to remember them all."
- Trouble, care, or effort taken to accomplish something
"was at pains to reassure us"
- The throes of childbirth
- Punishment
"the pains and penalties of crime"
verb
- To make suffer or cause distress to hurt
- To put (oneself) to trouble or exertion
- To give or have a sensation of pain
- Suffer
noun
- A persistent or recurring problem (as with a product or service) that frequently inconveniences or annoys customers
"When you're in an established market, you have an established customer; their needs and pain points are clearly laid out on your competitors' review sites."
noun
- A drug that decreases or removes pain
"prescription pain medication/relievers"
noun
- The level at which someone experiences pain
"He has a high pain threshold."
noun
- A condition of chronic, severe, often burning pain usually of part or all of one or more extremities that typically occurs following an injury, that is often accompanied by swelling, skin discoloration, allodynia, abnormal sweating, and impaired motor function in the affected area, and that is of unknown pathogenesis
- a condition of chronic, severe, often burning pain usually of part or all of one or more extremities that typically occurs following an injury, that is often accompanied by swelling, skin discoloration, allodynia, abnormal sweating, and impaired motor function in the affected area, and that is of unknown pathogenesis —abbreviation CRPS
idiom
- To be drunk
"He had been at the bar for several hours and he was clearly feeling no pain."
idiom
- To be aware of how much someone is suffering or has suffered
idiom
- Feeling pain
"It was obvious that she was in pain."
idiom
- Used to say that it is necessary to suffer or work hard in order to succeed or make progress
This clue was used on January 12, 2025.
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