pain

pain [-'s] n

ME < OFr peine < L. pœna penalty, punishment.

1. Trial; mental difficulty; emotional suffering; spiritual agony.
2. Hurt; discomfort; physical suffering; bodily affliction.
3. Work; labor; toil; exertion; effort.
4. Grief; misery; sorrow; [fig.] mortality; life on earth; human experience.
5. Offense; insult; pang of regret or sorrow.
6. Ache; heartbreak; [fig.] vein.