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Meaning of pained

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

pained

Pronunciation:/peɪnd/

verb

Definitions

  1. To hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture.

    Example: The wound pained him.

  2. To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve.

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

  3. To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish.

adjective

Definitions

  1. In pain, especially in an emotional sense.