Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Physical Pain

Nouns
  • pain
  • suffering, sufferance, suffrance
  • bodily pain, physical pain, bodily suffering, physical suffering, body pain
  • mental suffering etc. Pain
  • dolour, ache
  • aching etc. v.
  • smart
  • shoot, shooting
  • twinge, twitch, gripe, headache, stomach ache, heartburn, angina
  • hurt, cut
  • sore, soreness
  • discomfort, malaise
  • cephalalgia [Med.], earache, gout, ischiagra, lumbago, neuralgia, odontalgia, otalgia, podagra, rheumatism, sciatica
  • toothache, tormina, torticollis. spasm, cramp
  • nightmare, ephialtes
  • crick, stitch
  • thrill, convulsion, throe
  • throb etc. (agitation) [Irregular motion] Agitation
  • pang
  • colic
  • kink. sharp pain, piercing pain, throbbing pain, shooting pain, sting, gnawing pain, burning pain
  • excruciating pain. anguish, agony
  • torment, torture
  • rack
  • cruciation, crucifixion
  • martyrdom, toad under a harrow, vivisection.
Verbs
  • feel pain, experience pain, suffer pain, undergo pain etc. n.
  • suffer, ache, smart, bleed
  • tingle, shoot
  • twinge, twitch, lancinate
  • writhe, wince, make a wry face
  • sit on thorns, sit on pins and needles. give pain, inflict pain
  • lacerate
  • pain, hurt, chafe, sting, bite, gnaw, gripe
  • pinch, tweak
  • grate, gall, fret, prick, pierce, wring, convulse
  • torment, torture
  • rack, agonize
  • crucify
  • cruciate, excruciate
  • break on the wheel, put to the rack
  • flog etc. (punish) Punishment
  • grate on the ear etc. (harsh sound) [Harsh sounds.] Stridor.
Adjectives
  • in pain etc. n., in a state of pain
  • pained etc. v.
  • gouty, podagric, torminous. painful
  • aching etc. v.
  • sore, raw.