in pain
Definition of in pain
: feeling pain It was obvious that she was in pain.
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painplay
: punishment
: usually localized physical suffering associated with bodily disorder (such as a disease or an injury)
: a basic bodily sensation induced by a noxious stimulus, received by naked nerve endings, characterized by physical discomfort (such as pricking, throbbing, or aching), and typically leading to evasive action
: to make suffer or cause distress to : hurt
: to put (oneself) to trouble or exertion
: suffer
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