in pain
Needing some relief
Experiencing physical or emotional suffering.
Someone in pain may be injured, ill, or distressed: She was clearly in pain after the fall, He's been in pain since the divorce.
The phrase works literally for bodily hurt and figuratively for anguish: The whole country was in pain after the tragedy.
- achePersistent dull discomfort
- crampingInvoluntary muscle contraction
- burningCombustion in progress
- throbbingRhythmic painful pulsing
- anguishIntense mental suffering
heartbreak · broken heart · agony · doubled over · wounded · soreness · sorrow · hurting · tenderness · stabbing · nerve damage · torn muscle · inflammation · stinging · ouch · crying out · discomfort · excruciating
physical sensation
in painpain-free
Without physical discomfort
feeling no pain · comfortable · numb · at ease · anesthetized
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