pains

Speech parts

1. pains - Noun

2. pains - Verb

Labor; toilsome effort; care or trouble taken; -- plural in form, but used with a singular or plural verb, commonly the former.

Source: Webster's dictionary

strain striving nisus work industry labour travail care effort labor struggle suffering trouble grief endeavor

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comfort alleviation cheers s cheers up satisfies

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attempt effort try endeavor endeavour

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Spain aspin pisan spina

Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains. Democritus

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. Walter Bagehot

Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are. John Dryden

No one feels the pains that arise from unintended injury. Nigerian Proverb

Without pains no gains. Lithuanian Proverb

In war, hunting, and love, for one pleasure a hundred pains. Portuguese Proverb

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