pains

Speech parts

1. pains - Noun

2. pains - Verb

Meaning

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

Synonyms

strain work effort labor suffering trouble grief striving agony anguish soreness nisus cramps hurts aches
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Antonyms

comfort alleviation cheers s cheers up satisfies
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Hypernyms

attempt effort try endeavor endeavour

Hyponyms

jihad jehad

Phrases with the word

at pains any minor pains body pains bill of pains and penalties phantom-limb pains aches and pains

Anagrams

Spain aspin pisan spina napsi

Examples

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

Close letter words and terms

Paino painplay painproof painscore painslut painsome