panged

verb

past tense of pang
as in pained

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  1. pained
  2. hurt
  3. smarted
  4. stung
  5. stabbed
  6. wrung
  7. overwhelmed
  8. smote
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  • Styler is caught off guard by the mention of his name and looks visibly pained by the thought of his passing, with the interview pausing momentarily.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Her scenes with Ford are pained and passionate, filled with the alchemy of two lonely people who get through to one other and find something like solace through desire.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of pained
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  • Amar Shergill, a frequent Newsom critic and former progressive caucus chair within the state Democratic Party, said Newsom’s associations with those high rollers would hurt him in a presidential campaign.
    — Liam Russell, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • That in turn hurt stocks of big oil companies, which had been rallying for much of the year.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of hurt
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  • The abrupt booting smarted even more because no one from Decca had notified Dolly about the decision or given her a heads-up that the press would be calling.
    — Martha Ackmann, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of smarted
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  • Stephanie Rowell — a 53-year-old from Round Hill, Virginia — was standing on her parents’ front porch in July when she was stung by a wasp in her left arm.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Back in the mind-mansion, Ultron doesn’t admit Thomas stung him.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of stung
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  • Police have arrested a 27-year-old former NYPD cop and city substitute school aide for the murder of Brooklyn jogger Katie Suarez, who was stabbed to death during a run along the Brooklyn waterfront, multiple police sources said Saturday.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Prosecutors say the teen stabbed a 16-year-old boy in the upper chest with a 4-inch kitchen knife, seriously injuring the victim.
    — Jennifer McLogan, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026
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  • The electricity had been gone for hours and the summer heat wrung sweat out of everyone in the room.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Centrist Democrats have wrung their hands about the potential vulnerabilities of left-wing candidates like El-Sayed running in battleground states, and El-Sayed has been straining to unite the Democratic base in Michigan.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of wrung
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  • The awkward silence overwhelmed everyone until the major stepped in front of Helen.
    — Ron Farina, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Their campaigns emerged in the aftermath of Covid-19, when doctors and health officials were celebrated at first, overwhelmed by work and tragedy for years, and in some cases, targeted because of distrust or politics around their messages.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of overwhelmed
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  • At some point, the glass negative cracked, and a thin black lightning strike of a line smote General Terry in the chest.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Panged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/panged. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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