Definition of pained
1 : feeling pain : hurt
2 : expressing or involving pain a pained expression with pained surprise
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Examples of pained in a Sentence
She wore a pained expression on her face.
He truly looked pained when he heard the news.
Recent Examples of pained from the Web
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At the time, the then 19-year-old Chicago man was the last great hope of an immigrant Korean family with Old World values and a pained history.
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The president’s stream of insults has pained politicians from both parties who have appealed to him, without apparent success, to stop the 140-character bursts of character attacks and focus on running the country.
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The president’s stream of insults has pained politicians from both parties who have appealed to him, without apparent success, to stop the 140-character bursts of character attacks and focus on running the country.
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The president’s stream of insults has pained politicians from both parties who have appealed to him, without apparent success, to stop the 140-character bursts of character attacks and focus on running the country.
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Chan delves into pained emotion as the humble London Chinatown restaurateur Quan, who loses his daughter in an IRA bombing.
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Some of the photographs reveal the weight of Kennedy's public life, like one of a pained president hunched over the Oval Office desk.
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The photo of Pronger’s wide smile towering over Justin Bieber’s pained look went viral immediately.
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The Derby inevitably threw Motion into a period of pained self-examination.
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First Known Use of pained
14th century
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playDefinition of pained for English Language Learners
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: appearing upset, sad, worried, etc.
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