Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having pain; indicating pain; as, a pained expression.
- An obsolete form of
paned .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Made to suffer mental pain.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective In
pain , especially in anemotional sense. - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
pain .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective hurt or upset
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Examples
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He looked away, wincing, as if just saying your name pained him.
A Burning in Homeland Richard Yancey 2003
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Gabriela, Gabriela—even the thought of her name pained him, and why so intensely?
A Sweet Scent of Death Guillermo Arriaga 2002
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Gabriela, Gabriela—even the thought of her name pained him, and why so intensely?
A Sweet Scent of Death Guillermo Arriaga 2002
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Ayelborne looked on, his expression pained from witnessing the destruction and death.
STRANGE NEW WORLDS Dean Wesley Smith 1998
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Ayelborne looked on, his expression pained from witnessing the destruction and death.
STRANGE NEW WORLDS Dean Wesley Smith 1998
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When she nodded, he held his hand over his chest, his expression pained.
Demon From The Dark Kresley Cole 2010
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Halfway across the courtyard, Volger brought Alek to a sudden halt, his expression pained.
LEVIATHAN MR. SCOTT WESTERFELD 2009
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Halfway across the courtyard, Volger brought Alek to a sudden halt, his expression pained.
LEVIATHAN MR. SCOTT WESTERFELD 2009
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By the end of the conversation, his grandmother had instructed Anne Marie to call her Nonna, and Marco was standing with his arms crossed, his expression pained.
That’s Amore Carol Grace 2003
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Though stoutly mittened, my fingers were cold, and they pained from the grip on the steering-oar.
Chapter 27 2010
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