pang

4 definitions found

pang - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  pang \pang\ (p[a^]ng), n. [Prob. for older prange. Cf. Prong.]
     A paroxysm of extreme pain or anguish; a sudden and
     transitory agony; a throe; as, the pangs of death.
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     Syn: Agony; anguish; distress. See Agony.
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  Pang \Pang\, v. t.
     To torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering; to
     torment. [R.] --Shak.
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pang - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  pang
      n 1: a sudden sharp feeling; "pangs of regret"; "she felt a stab
           of excitement"; "twinges of conscience" [syn: pang,
           stab, twinge]
      2: a mental pain or distress; "a pang of conscience" [syn:
         pang, sting]
      3: a sharp spasm of pain

pang - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  73 Moby Thesaurus words for "pang":
     ache, aching, acute pain, anguish, bite, blow, boring pain,
     charley horse, contriteness, contrition, cramp, cramps, crick, cut,
     darting pain, discomfort, distress, dolor, fulgurant pain,
     girdle pain, gnawing, grief, griping, guilt, hesitation, hitch,
     hurt, injury, jumping pain, kink, lancinating pain, lesion,
     malaise, misery, misgiving, mortification, nasty blow, nip, pain,
     paroxysm, passion, pinch, prick, qualm, regret, remorse, scruple,
     seizure, self-reproach, sharp pain, shock, shoot, shooting,
     shooting pain, sore, sore spot, spasm, stab, stabbing pain, stitch,
     stress, stress of life, stroke, suffering, tender spot, thrill,
     throes, tormen, tweak, twinge, twitch, wound, wrench