pained

adj

pained

adj

/peɪnd/

1

In pain, especially in an emotional sense.

  • The director looked as though his faith in human nature had received a rude blow. "A hundred pounds would be a very large initial fee for a small firm like this, Mr Carrados," he remarked in a pained voice.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:
Derived terms
painedly, unpained

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