pained

PAYND/peɪnd/

2 meanings of pained

1
adjective
Showing that you feel hurt or upset, often in your feelings rather than your body.
Like the look on someone's face when their feelings are hurt.
She gave me a pained look when I forgot her birthday.
He sounded pained as he talked about losing his dog.
Similarhurt, distraught, suffering, tormented, aching
Oppositecheerful, happy, relieved, untroubled
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2
verb
Simple past and past participle of pain. Use this form for something that hurt or upset someone before now.
It pained her to see the old house torn down.
His harsh words pained everyone at the table.
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pained is a form of pain

pain, verb: To hurt someone, in their body or their feelings, or to make them sad. Full entry

Forms: painpains he/she/itpaining -ing formpained past tense, past participle
Spelling: pain → pained: add -ed
Sound: The ending sounds like /d/.

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