· an effortful attempt to attain a goal

Synonym(s): striving, nisus, strain

Hypernym(s): attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try

· a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension"

Synonym(s): hurting

Hypernym(s): symptom

· emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid; "the pain of loneliness"

Synonym(s): painfulness

Hypernym(s): feeling

Antonym(s): pleasure

· a somatic sensation of acute discomfort; "as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain"

Synonym(s): pain_sensation, painful_sensation

Hypernym(s): somesthesia, somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic_sensation

· a bothersome annoying person; "that kid is a terrible pain"

Synonym(s): pain_in_the_neck, nuisance

Hypernym(s): unpleasant_person, disagreeable_person

· something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction"

Synonym(s): annoyance, bother, botheration, infliction, pain_in_the_neck, pain_in_the_ass

Hypernym(s): negative_stimulus

· cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed

Synonym(s): trouble, ail

Hypernym(s): hurt

· cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school"

Synonym(s): anguish, hurt

Hypernym(s): upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit