Meanings
comparative more pained · superlative most pained
- In pain, especially in an emotional sense.
The director looked as though his faith in human nature had received a rude blow. "A hundred pounds would be a very large initial fee for a small firm like this, Mr Carrados," he remarked in a pained voice.
1914, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max CarradosSynonyms: affronted, distraught, sore, achesome, aching, achy, raw, hurt
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of pain
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveIn pain, especially in an emotional sense.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveemotionally hurt or upset or annoyed
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian огорчен, обиден
- огорчен (ogorčen)in pain, especially in an emotional sense
- обиден (obiden)in pain, especially in an emotional sense
Italian addolorato
- addoloratoin pain, especially in an emotional sense
Russian оби́женный
- оби́женный (obížennyj)in pain, especially in an emotional sense
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pained. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pained
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