pang

Meaning

Noun

1. (in-plural, often) A paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; a feeling of sudden and transitory agony; a throe.
2. (in-plural, often) A sudden sharp feeling of an emotional or mental nature, as of joy or sorrow.

Verb

To cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment, to torture.

Verb

simple past of ping

ping

• Noun
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Synonyms

pain

twinge

sting

suffering

agony

anguish

stitch

stab

spasm

prick

torment

sudden pain

painful

pan

penetrating

piping

pricking

puncture

shock

⚡

shot

smart

smarting

soreness

stinging

throe

tough

ache

stound

acid

affliction

cramp

crick

difficult

distress

gride

hard

hurt

jab

lumbago

Translations

fitta

punzada

Schmerz

pontada

spazm

sancı

dolore fortissimo

Stechen

spasimo

steek

πόνος

σουβλιά

douleur

poignarder

σουβλιά πόνου

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pʰæŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: *pange

Cognate with Middle Dutch: prange

Cognate with Dutch: prang

Cognate with Middle Low German: prange

Cognate with Old English: pyngan

In summary

The origin of the noun is uncertain; it is possibly derived from Middle English *pange, perhaps an altered form of prange, prōnge (“affliction, agony, pain; pointed instrument”) as in prongys of deth (“pangs of death, death throes”), from Anglo-Latin pronga, of unknown origin. Perhaps connected with Middle Dutch prange, pranghe (“instrument for pinching”) (modern Dutch prang (“horse restraint; fetter, neck iron”)), Middle Low German prange (“pole, stake; (possibly) kind of pillory or stocks”), Old English pyngan (“to prick”). The word may thus be related to prong.
The verb is derived from the noun.

Sentences

The boy felt a pang in his heart , thinking about the merchant's daughter .