Collocations for "pain"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "pain" in context.
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pain
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [back, shoulder, neck, stomach] pain
- [light, severe, occasional, acute, sharp, shooting] pain
- [pills, tablets, treatment] to relieve pain
- [take, prescribe, buy] pills for [back, joint, chest] pain
- [cure, alleviate, remove, get rid of] pain
- [relieve, ease, soothe, calm] the pain
- cause [emotional, grievous, bodily] pain
- [suffer, endure, experience] pain
- the pain [was, existed] only in his mind
- the pain was [unbearable, excruciating, agonizing, debilitating]
- the pain [impeded, prevented, limited] his movement
- slang: are a real pain in the [neck, butt, ass]!
- slang: [don't be, are such] a pain!
- went to great pains to [explain, accommodate, look for]
- took pains to [see, check, make sure] (that)
- the pain of not [knowing, being able to, having]
- the pain of [solitude, loneliness]
- in [severe, terrible, agonizing, great, such] pain
- under pain of [starvation, torture, death]
- pain [relief, treatment, medication]
- has a [low, medium, high] pain threshold
- a pain-relieving [medicine, cream, lotion, spray, gel]
- it pains me to [say, think, imagine, admit]
- pained me to [hear, see, learn, think]
- your [dishonesty, betrayal, sarcasm] pains me
- pained by his [betrayal]
'pain' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
a world of sth
- aching
- acute
- aging
- anger
- anguish
- ass
- attitude
- back
- bay
- bear
- bearing
- bellow
- biting
- blank
- blind
- body
- bolt
- bone
- broad
- but
- buttock
- calm
- cause
- chest
- clearly
- clench
- climb
- clutch
- collapse
- complain
- control
- cradle
- cry
- cure
- cutting
- deal
- diagnosis
- die
- distort
- distraught
- dizzy
- dope
- double
- dull
- ease
- ebb
- end
- endurance
- endure