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pang

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of pang

a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body

those hunger pangs that strike you in the middle of the afternoon

Synonyms of pang

ache, pain, prick, shoot, smart, sting, stitch, throe, tingle, twinge

Words Related to pang

discomfort, distress, soreness, tenderness

affliction, agony, anguish, misery, sufferance, suffering, torment, torture

inflammation, sore, swelling

damage, detriment, harm, hurt, injury

backache, bellyache, charley horse, colic, complaint, earache, gripe, headache, stomachache, toothache

Near Antonyms of pang

comfort, ease, easiness

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