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pang

a sudden sharp feeling of distress or longing: a pang of desire; a pang of guilt; twinge, ache, throb, stab

Not to be confused with:

pain – to feel hurt; suffering; misery; torment; ache, agony, anguish

pane – a glass-filled section of a window or door

pang

(păng)

1. A sudden sharp bodily pain: hunger pangs. See Synonyms at pain.

2. A sudden sharp feeling of emotional distress: a pang of guilt.

intr.v. panged, pang·ing, pangs

1. To feel sharp bodily pains.

2. To feel pangs of distress.

[Origin unknown.]

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pang

(pæŋ)

a sudden brief sharp feeling, as of loneliness, physical pain, or hunger

[C16: variant of earlier prange, of Germanic origin]

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pang

(pæŋ)

n.

1. a sudden feeling of mental or emotional distress: a pang of guilt.

2. a sudden, brief, and sharp pain: the pangs of childbirth.

[1495–1505; orig. uncertain]

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Noun	1.	pang - a sudden sharp feeling; "pangs of regret"; "she felt a stab of excitement"; "twinges of conscience" stab, twinge feeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" guilt pang - pangs of feeling guilty
	2.	pang - a mental pain or distress; "a pang of conscience" sting hurting, pain - a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension"
	3.	pang - a sharp spasm of pain hurting, pain - a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension" birth pangs, labor pains, labour pains - a regularly recurrent spasm of pain that is characteristic of childbirth afterpains - pains felt by a woman after her baby is born; associated with contractions of the uterus

pang

noun

1. pain, stab, sting, stitch, ache, wrench, prick, spasm, twinge, throe (rare) I felt a pang in my heart as I greeted him.

2. twinge, stab, prick, spasm, qualm, gnawing She felt a pang of guilt about the way she was treating him.

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pang

noun

A sensation of physical discomfort occurring as the result of disease or injury:

ache, pain, prick, prickle, smart, soreness, stab, sting, stitch, throe, twinge.

Informal: misery.

verb

To have or cause a feeling of physical pain or discomfort:

ache, hurt, pain, twinge.

Translations

ألَم مُفاجئ

bodavá bolestsvírání

jagsting

τύψη

douleur

nyilalló fájás

stingur

dolore fortissimo fitta spasimo

aštrus skausmas

pēkšņas asas sāpes

stikkende smerte

bodavá bolesťzvieranie

şiddetli ağrı

一阵剧痛悲痛

pang

[pæŋ] N

1. (= pain) → punzada f
pangs of childbirth → dolores mpl de parto
pangs of hunger; hunger pangs → dolores mpl de hambre

2. (fig) I felt a pang of conscience → me remordió la conciencia
to feel a pang of remorse → sentir remordimiento

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

pang

[ˈpæŋ] n → pincement m au cœur
a pang of jealousy → un pincement de jalousie
a pang of regret → un pincement de regret
a pang of remorse → un accès de remords
pangs of conscience → des accès de mauvaise conscience
to feel a pang of guilt → ressentir une pointe de culpabilité
hunger pangs → fringale f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

pang

n pang of conscience → Gewissensbisse pl; I felt a pang of conscience → ich hatte Gewissensbisse; a pang of jealousy → ein Eifersuchtsanfall m; a pang of regret → ein Anfall m → von Bedauern; pangs of hunger → quälender Hunger; pangs of childbirth (old) → Geburtswehen pl

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

pang

[pæŋ] n a pang of guilt/sadness → un senso di colpa/tristezza
without a pang → senza rimpianti
the pangs of hunger → i morsi della fame
to feel pangs of remorse → essere torturato/a dal rimorso

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

pang

(pӕŋ) noun

a sudden sharp pain. a pang of hunger/grief/regret.

pang

n. dolor agudo penetrante.

pang

n punzada, dolor breve y agudo; hunger — punzada de hambre

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