pained

[peynd]

adjective

1. hurt; injured.

2. showing or expressing distress, anguish, or resentment.

   a pained look in reply to a sarcastic remark.

pained

/ peɪnd /

adjective

1. having or expressing pain or distress, esp mental or emotional distress

   a pained expression

Other Word Forms

• overpained adjective
• unpained adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pained¹

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; pain, -ed ²

Example Sentences

City boss Guardiola's dismay was captured by a pained expression on his face at full-time, slowly applauding the travelling support before dragging himself down the tunnel with slumped shoulders.

From BBC

The crime he’s committed will only send him back to where, in Leroy’s own pained words, “they take the colored man to kill him from the inside out.”

From Los Angeles Times

Short, pained lives marked by achievement and promise and then abruptly gone leave a restless afterglow.

From Los Angeles Times

But behind the scenes, we can reveal there have been lengthy, pained discussions and extended tussles between the BBC and the show's production company Banijay over what to do, specifically about Torode.

From BBC

"My son is very gentle and sensitive," she said, with the pained expression of a parent who cannot protect their child.

From BBC

Related Words

• anguished 
• distressed 
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