Meanings
noungrowing pains pl (plural only)
- pluralplural onlygeneralized pains in the limbs or joints of children or adolescents (from many causes)
- broadlypluralplural onlydifficulties that arise in the early stages of any project
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 生長痛 /生长痛, 成長痛 /成长痛
- 生長痛 /生长痛 (shēngzhǎngtòng)generalized pains
- 成長痛 /成长痛 (chéngzhǎngtòng)generalized pains
- 生長痛 /生长痛 (shēngzhǎngtòng)emotional or social problems
- 成長痛 /成长痛 (chéngzhǎngtòng)emotional or social problems
Danish vokseværk
- vokseværkgeneralized pains
Dutch groeipijn, groeipijn
- groeipijngeneralized pains
- groeipijnemotional or social problems
- groeipijndifficulties
Finnish kasvukipu
- kasvukipugeneralized pains
French maladies de jeunesse
- maladies de jeunessedifficulties
German Wachstumsschmerz
- Wachstumsschmerzgeneralized pains
Icelandic vaxtarverkur
- vaxtarverkurgeneralized pains
Polish bóle wzrostowe, problemy wieku dojrzewania
- bóle wzrostowegeneralized pains
- problemy wieku dojrzewaniaemotional or social problems
- początkowe problemydifficulties
Romanian durere de creștere
- durere de creșteregeneralized pains
Spanish dolores de crecimiento
- dolores de crecimientogeneralized pains
Swedish växtvärk, växtvärk
- växtvärkgeneralized pains
- växtvärkdifficulties
- uppstartsproblemdifficulties
- inkörningsproblemdifficulties
Cite this entry
APA
growing pains. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/growing%20pains
MLA
“growing pains.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/growing%20pains. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “growing pains,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/growing%20pains.
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