Synonyms for pang
pæŋpang

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1. pang

   Pain is the most general term of this group, including all the others; pain is a disturbing sensation from which nature revolts, resulting from some injurious external interference (as from a wound, a bruise, a harsh word, etc.), or from some lack of what one needs, craves, or cherishes (as, the pain of hunger or bereavement), or from some abnormal action of bodily or mental functions (as, the pains of disease, envy, or discontent). Suffering is one of the severer forms of pain. The prick of a needle causes pain, but we should scarcely speak of it as suffering. Distress is too strong a word for little hurts, too feeble for the intensest suffering, but commonly applied to some continuous or prolonged trouble or need; as, the distress of a shipwrecked crew, or of a destitute family. Ache is lingering pain, more or less severe; pang, a pain short, sharp, intense, and perhaps repeated. We speak of the pangs of hunger or of remorse. Throe is a violent and thrilling pain. Paroxysm applies to an alternately recurring and receding pain, which comes as it were in waves; the paroxysm is the rising of the wave. Torment and torture are intense and terrible sufferings. Agony and anguish express the utmost pain or suffering of body or mind. Agony of body is that with which the system struggles; anguish that by which it is crushed.

   Synonyms:
   ache, agony, anguish, distress, pain, paroxysm, suffering, throe, torment, torture, twinge, wo(e)

   Antonyms:
   comfort, delight, ease, enjoyment, peace, rapture, relief, solace

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1. pang

   Synonyms:
   paroxysm, throe, agony, convulsion, smart, anguish, pain, twinge

   Antonyms:
   pleasure, enjoyment, gratification, delight, delectation, fascination, refreshment

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pang, stab, twingenoun

   a sudden sharp feeling

   "pangs of regret"; "she felt a stab of excitement"; "twinges of conscience"

   Synonyms:
   twinge, shot, stab, sting, thrust, knife thrust

2. pang, stingnoun

   a mental pain or distress

   "a pang of conscience"

   Synonyms:
   stab, bunco, confidence game, hustle, insect bite, confidence trick, twinge, bunko game, con game, gyp, stinging, bunco game, bite, con, sting, bunko, flimflam

3. pangnoun

   a sharp spasm of pain

   Synonyms:
   twinge, stab, sting

Matched Categories

1. • Feeling
   • Pain

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1. pangnoun

   Synonyms:
   pain (sharp and sudden), throe, twinge, gripe

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1. List of paraphrases for "pang":

   peng, pong, bang

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1. Dani Madrid-Morales:

   StarTimes was the only company competing, then [ Pang ] was able to provide evidence that The StarTimes in AfricaStarTimes had experience in African countries and offer very low prices.

2. Colley Cibber:

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

3. John Oliver Hobbes:

   Men are not so weak as you think. They can always leave anybody or any place without a pang - if they find another person or another place they like better. If they feel pricks and scruples it is merely because they cannot make up their mind that the change will be absolutely to their advantage.

4. Aaron Whitnall:

   This cub has become a symbol of hope, after the tragic passing of Nam Pang, for his memory and legacy to live on, is more than we ever expected.