pains
Thorough diligent care
Pains is the plural of pain, but its most common use is in the phrase take pains, meaning to make a careful effort: She took pains to get every detail right.
The related phrase painstaking describes work done with great care.
For your pains means as a reward for effort, often used ironically when the reward is inadequate or negative: I helped him move and got a sore back for my pains.
Contractile body tissue
- jointShared by multiple parties
- headacheCranial pain
- migraineSevere neurological head pain
- backachePain along spine
arthritis · neuralgia · fibromyalgia · sciatica · toothache · earache · stomachache · menstrual
Persistent dull discomfort
- sorenessTender, painful sensation
- throbbingRhythmic painful pulsing
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- discomfortMild physical or mental distress
twinge · stiffness · cramp · spasm · sharp · dull · chronic · nagging
Intense mental suffering
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
sorrow · distress · suffering · misery · woe · heartbreak · despair · affliction
Shortened word forms
- childbirthInfant's emergence from womb
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- midwifeChildbirth assistance professional
- epiduralSpinal numbing injection
dilation · pushing · breathing · maternity · obstetrics · cesarean · induced · active
Penalty for an offense
- consequenceResult of an action
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
- fineAcceptable in quality
sentence · forfeit · discipline · correction · reparation · restitution · amends · redress
Showing extreme attention to detail
- carefulExercising caution and attention
- thoroughComplete in every detail
- diligentPersistently attentive to tasks
- laboriousRequiring considerable effort
exacting · conscientious · scrupulous · assiduous · attentive · detailed · precise · methodical
muscle
Contractile body tissue
backache · arthritis · neuralgia · fibromyalgia · sciatica · toothache · earache · stomachache · menstrual · inflammation
ache
Persistent dull discomfort
- sorenessTender, painful sensation
- throbbingRhythmic painful pulsing
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
discomfort · twinge · stiffness · cramp · spasm · sharp · dull · chronic · nagging · stabbing
anguish
Intense mental suffering
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
heartache · sorrow · distress · suffering · misery · woe · heartbreak · despair · affliction · tribulation
contractions
Shortened word forms
- childbirthInfant's emergence from womb
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- midwifeChildbirth assistance professional
epidural · dilation · pushing · breathing · maternity · obstetrics · cesarean · induced · active · transitional
punishment
Penalty for an offense
- consequenceResult of an action
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
fine · sentence · forfeit · discipline · correction · reparation · restitution · amends · redress · deterrence
meticulous
Showing extreme attention to detail
- carefulExercising caution and attention
- thoroughComplete in every detail
- diligentPersistently attentive to tasks
laborious · exacting · conscientious · scrupulous · assiduous · attentive · detailed · precise · methodical · rigorous
- annoyancesannoyance, annoyances, irritations, irritation, nuisance
- agingaging process, aging body, biological age, aging workforce, aging parents
- ailmentsache, aches, ailment, cold, flu
painspleasures
Sources of enjoyment
pleasure · joys · comforts · delights · enjoyments
painscarelessness
Inattention causing mistakes
negligence · sloppiness · indifference · neglect · inattention
- in painExperiencing physical distress
- back painPosterior torso discomfort
- chest painDiscomfort in thoracic region
- pain in the neckPersistent source of annoyance
- growing painsDifficulties during early development
- sharp painAcute bodily distress
pain, painful, painless, pained, painfully, painkiller, painstaking, paining, painkillers