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pang

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nounache, twinge

Word Origin & History

1520s, "sudden physical pain," of unknown origin, perhaps related to prong (prongys of deth is recorded from mid-15c.). Reference to mental or emotional pain is from 1560s. Related: Pangs.

Example Sentences for pang

Here the pang suddenly struck her; she was not so numb, after all!

She could never have believed she could have felt such a pang.

There was a pride in the statement with regard to which my first feeling was a pang of envy.

A pang as of death went through her at the thought that she had not spoken.

If there was a pang, Betty pretended to herself that there was none.

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Synonyms for pang

noun ache, twinge

agony
anguish
discomfort
spasm
bite
distress
gripe
misery
pain
prick
stab
sting
stitch
throb
throe
wrench

Antonyms for pang

comfort
happiness
advantage
benefit
cheer
health
joy
pleasure
tingle

More words related to pang

ache

noun. sore feeling; dull pain

anguish
hurt
misery
pang
pounding
smarting
soreness
spasm
suffering
throb
throbbing
throe
twinge

anguish

noun. severe upset or pain

affliction
agony
distress
dole
dolor
grief
heartache
heartbreak
hurting
misery
pang
rue
sorrow
suffering
throe
torment
torture
woe
wretchedness

cramp

noun. muscle spasm

ache
charley horse
circumscription
confinement
constipation
contraction
convulsion
crick
hindrance
impediment
kink
obstruction
pain
pang
restriction
shooting pain
stiffness
stitch
stricture
twinge

desperation

noun. hopelessness

agony
anguish
anxiety
concern
dejection
depression
desolation
despair
despondency
discomfort
disconsolateness
distraction
distress
fear
gloom
grief
heartache
melancholy
misery
pain
pang
sorrow
torture
trouble
unhappiness
worry

distress

noun. pain, agony

ache
affliction
anguish
anxiety
bad news
blues
care
concern
cross
dejection
desolation
disappointment
discomfort
disquietude
dolor
embarrassment
grief
headache
heartache
heartbreak
irritation
malaise
misery
mortification
ordeal
pang
perplexity
sadness
shame
sorrow
stew
suffering
throe
torment
torture
trial
tribulation
trouble
twinge
unconsolability
unhappiness
vexation
visitation
woe
worriment
worry
wretchedness

distresses