paining

verb

Definition of painingnext
present participle of pain
as in aching
to feel or cause physical pain my poor head was paining so from all that racket

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pain in the neck

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“Paining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paining. Accessed 22 Mar. 2023.

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