Hypernyms for "pain"
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ache
aching
agonise
agonize
agony
arthralgia
break out
break someone''s heart
burn
burning
causalgia
chest pain
chiralgia
colic
costalgia
distress
dysmenorrhea
erupt
excruciate
excruciation
glossalgia
glossodynia
gripes
griping
growing pains
haemorrhoid
hemorrhoid
hurt
intestinal colic
irritant
keratalgia
labor pain
mastalgia
melagra
mental anguish
meralgia
metralgia
mittelschmerz
myalgia
myodynia
nephralgia
neuralgia
neuralgy
nuisance
odynophagia
orchidalgia
pang
phantom limb pain
photalgia
photophobia
piles
plague
pleuralgia
pleurodynia
podalgia
proctalgia
rack
rawness
recrudesce
referred pain
renal colic
smart
smarting
smartness
soreness
sting
stinging
stitch
suffering
tenderness
thermalgesia
thorn
throb
torment
torture
try
twinge
ulalgia
unpleasantness
urodynia
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.