PAINFUL SENSATION Synonyms

• a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity

• a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health

• a cause of great suffering and distress

• intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain

• a state of acute pain

• extreme mental distress

• extreme distress of body or mind

• suffer great pains or distress

• cause emotional anguish or make miserable

• the act of burning something

• pain that feels hot as if it were on fire

• a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light

• execution by electricity

• execution by fire

• a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin

• of immediate import

• the state of being tense and feeling pain

• an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress

• psychological suffering

• a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)

• extreme physical pain

• the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim

• bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship

• cause mental pain to

• any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury

• psychological suffering

• feelings of mental or physical pain

• a damage or loss

• the act of damaging something or someone

• suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle

• damaged; used of inanimate objects or their value

• be the source of pain

• give trouble or pain to

• cause emotional anguish or make miserable

• cause damage or affect negatively

• hurt the feelings of

• feel physical pain

• be in pain

• the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed

• a sudden outburst of anger

• (pathology) abnormal sensitivity to stimulation

• the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland

• an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress

• unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment

• the act of troubling or annoying someone

• the act of puncturing with a small point

• a somatic sensation as from many tiny stings

• showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness

• a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore

• elegant and stylish

• characterized by quickness and ease in learning

• improperly forward or bold

• painfully severe

• quick and brisk

• capable of independent and apparently intelligent action

• be the source of pain

• a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)

• an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress

• a sudden sharp feeling

• a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument

• informal words for any attempt or effort

• use a knife on

• stab or pierce

• poke or thrust abruptly

• a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung

• a mental pain or distress

• a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin

• a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

• operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act

• cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort

• deliver a sting to

• saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous

• cause a stinging pain

• cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging

• a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung

• (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character

• a state of acute pain

• misery resulting from affliction

• psychological suffering

• feelings of mental or physical pain

• troubled by pain or loss

• very unhappy; full of misery

• an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)

• a sound with a strong rhythmic beat

• pounding or beating strongly or violently

• unbearable physical pain

• extreme mental distress

• intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain

• a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented

• a severe affliction

• the act of harassing someone

• torment emotionally or mentally

• treat cruelly

• subject to torture

• extreme mental distress

• unbearable physical pain

• intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain

• the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

• the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason

• torment emotionally or mentally

• subject to torture