Definitions
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- adj. In pain, especially in an emotional sense.
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of pain.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Made to suffer mental pain.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Having pain; indicating pain; as, a pained expression.
- An obsolete form of paned.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. hurt or upset
Etymologies
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Examples
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He looked away, wincing, as if just saying your name pained him.
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Gabriela, Gabriela—even the thought of her name pained him, and why so intensely?
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Ayelborne looked on, his expression pained from witnessing the destruction and death.
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When she nodded, he held his hand over his chest, his expression pained.
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Halfway across the courtyard, Volger brought Alek to a sudden halt, his expression pained.
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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.
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Though stoutly mittened, my fingers were cold, and they pained from the grip on the steering-oar.
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Michael Ivanovich sighed -- the word pained him; but mastering himself at once, he answered with a tired smile.
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Sumner could only wait in pained surprise for her to continue.
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It was in a poem I remembered, a poem whose title pained me into glancing farther.
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