pang

pang

pang (third-person singular simple present pangs, present participle panging, simple past and past participle panged)

1. (transitive) to torment; to torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering
   • 1918, Christopher Morley, ""On Unanswering Letters"" in Mince Pie,

     It panged him so to say good-bye when he had to leave.

pang (plural pangs)

1. (often pluralized) paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; sudden and transitory agony;throe
   • 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part II, act 3, sc. 3,

     See, how the pangs of death do make him grin!

   • 1888, Oscar Wilde, ""The Nightingale and the Rose"" in The Happy Prince and Other Tales,

     So the Nightingale pressed closer against the thorn, and the thorn touched her heart, and a fierce pang of pain shot through her.

2. (often pluralized) A sharp, sudden feeling of a mental or emotional nature, as of joy or sorrow
   • 1867, Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Guardian Angel, ch. 7,

     He was startled with a piece of information which gave him such an exquisite pang of delight that he could hardly keep the usual quiet of his demeanor.

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Altri significati:

(transitive) to torment; to torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering

(often pluralized) A sharp, sudden feeling of a mental or emotional nature, as of joy or sorrow

(often pluralized) paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; sudden and transitory agony;throe

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