Pain
Crossword Clue & Answers

3 December 2021
Last seen in: Evening Standard Quick Crossword

We found 34 answers for the crossword clue 'Pain', the most recent of which was seen in the Evening Standard Quick Crossword.

This clue looks to be a standard clue as in it's a NON-CRYPTIC crossword based on the publications in which we have recently seen it.

We have given Pain a popularity rating of 'Very Common' because it has featured in a numerous crossword publications and has multiple answers.

As well as being a clue we've also seen Pain as an answer itself some 203 times.

Pain is a single word clue made up of 4 letters.

We most recently saw this clue in 'Evening Standard Quick Crossword' on Tuesday, 07 December 2021 with the answer being ACHE, we also found ACHE to be the most popular answer for this clue.

We've seen this clue in the following publications:

• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 7 Dec 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 23 Nov 2021
• Irish Independent - Simple - 14 Oct 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 24 Sep 2021
• Irish Independent - Simple - 30 Aug 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 6 Aug 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 23 Jul 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 5 Jul 2021
• Irish Independent - Simple - 6 May 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 17 Feb 2021

Definitions and usage

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• Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction"
• Emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid; "the pain of loneliness"
• A bothersome annoying person; "that kid is a terrible pain"
• Cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
• A symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension"
• A somatic sensation of acute discomfort; "as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain"
• Cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school"

Anagrams

We found 4 anagrams for the word 'Pain'.

• nipa Made from sap of the Australasian nipa palm
• Pani
• pian
• pina

Crossword Answers

3 Letters

AIL
Aromatic bulb used as seasoning

GIP
Deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"

GYP
A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

WOE
Intense mournfulness

4 Letters

ACHE
Be the source of pain

HURT
The act of damaging something or someone

PANG
A sudden sharp feeling; "pangs of regret"; "she felt a stab of excitement"; "twinges of conscience"

PEST
A persistently annoying person

PILL
A contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception

5 Letters

AGONY
Intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned"

6 Letters

BOTHER
Make confused or perplexed or puzzled

HASSLE
Disorderly fighting

STITCH
A link or loop or knot made by an implement in knitting, crocheting, embroidery, or sewing

TWINGE
Cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin"

7 Letters

ANGUISH
Extreme mental distress

HURTING
A symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension"

TORTURE
The deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"

TROUBLE
An effort that is inconvenient; "I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty"

8 Letters

DISTRESS
The seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien"

NUISANCE
(law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive

9 Letters

ANNOYANCE
The act of troubling or annoying someone

NEURALGIA
Acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves

SUFFERING
Psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"

10 Letters

DISCOMFORT
An uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress

FRENCHLOAF
A loaf of French bread

INFLICTION
An act causing pain or damage

11 Letters

BOTHERATION
Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction"

FRENCHBREAD
A crusty sourdough bread often baked in long slender tapered loaves or baguettes

PAINFULNESS
Emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid; "the pain of loneliness"

12 Letters

PAININTHEASS
Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction"

13 Letters

PAININTHENECK
Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction"

PAINSENSATION
A somatic sensation of acute discomfort; "as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain"

15 Letters

SHELLINGOUTCASH

16 Letters

PAINFULSENSATION
A somatic sensation of acute discomfort; "as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain"