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

A Father Christmas figure is pictured looking pained in the water at the foot of a rock.

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Then again—and the idea pained her sharply even as she thought it, like swallowing something cold too quickly—perhaps she already was.

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She sat on the edge of one cot; the thin, lumpy mattress and pained squeak of the old springs made her sigh with contentment.

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Bero wrote, “In all cases, she manages to make her subjects look dull, ashy, pained and sad, a far cry from the lively and graceful people that they usually are.”

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Oh, and watch House Speaker Mike Johnson shake his head in sorrow, a pained expression on his face, as the president lists this shocking litany of fraud.

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Related Words

• anguished 
• distressed 
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