pang

Speech parts

1. pang - Noun

2. pang - Verb

3. Pang - Proper noun

Meaning

A paroxysm of extreme pain or anguish; a sudden and transitory agony; a throe; as, the pangs of death.

To torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

agony sting stab twinge pain suffering distress regret discomfort misery anguish prick ache cramp spasm
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Antonyms

tingle paradise relief confidence ease pleasure
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Hypernyms

pain feeling hurting

Hyponyms

afterpains labor pains birth pangs labour pains guilt pang

Phrases with the word

pang of guilt pang-fou pang cymbal

Examples

In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present torture, but chiefly by the pang that rankles after it. Nathaniel Hawthorne

To the last moment of his breath, On hope the wretch relies And even the pang preceding death Bids expectation rise. Oliver Goldsmith

Then welcome each rebuff That turns earth's smoothness rough, Each sting that bids nor sit nor stand, but go Be our joys three-parts pain Strive, and hold cheap the strain Learn, nor account the pang dare, never grudge the throe. Robert Browning

Who is there who has not felt a sudden startled pang at reliving an old experience or feeling an old emotion? Agatha Christie

We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman,-scorned, slighted, dismissed without a parting pang. Colley Cibber

Poverty is bitter, but it has no harder pang than that it makes men ridiculous. Juvenal

Close letter words and terms

panful panfungal panfungus pang cymbal pang of conscience pang of guilt