pained

The word “pained” has 1 syllable: pained

It's pronounced as /peɪnd/


What is synonym and antonym for pained?

In the thesaurus, “pained” has 31 synonyms and 2 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for pained along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for pained

  • ached
  • afflicted
  • agonized
  • anguished
  • bit
  • bled
  • burned
  • burnt
  • chafed
  • cramped
  • distressed
  • festered
  • harrowed
  • hurt
  • injured
  • itched
  • nagged
  • pinched
  • pounded
  • racked
  • smarted
  • stung
  • suffered
  • swelled
  • throbbed
  • tingled
  • tormented
  • tortured
  • troubled
  • twinged
  • worried

Antonyms for pained

Meanings of pained

  • verb
    1. To hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture.
    2. To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve.
    3. To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish.
  • adjective
    1. In pain, especially in an emotional sense.

Example Sentences

  • She looked at him with a pained expression, unable to hide her sorrow.
  • His pained sigh echoed through the room as he recounted the difficult memories.
  • The doctor's pained expression indicated that the news wasn't good.
  • With each step, he winced in pained anticipation of the upcoming surgery.
  • Her pained silence spoke volumes about the depth of her disappointment.

On this page you'll find 33 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to pained, such as: ached, afflicted, agonized, anguished, bit, bled, burned.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

galled

  • abraded
  • aching
  • affronted
  • aggravated
  • agitated
  • angered
  • angry
  • anguished
  • annoyed
  • antagonized
  • ate
  • au naturel
  • awkward
  • badgered
  • baited
  • ballyragged
  • bearish
  • bedeviled
  • bilious
  • bit
  • bitter
  • blistered
  • bothered
  • bristly
  • broke down
  • broke up
  • bruised
  • bugged
  • bullyragged
  • burned
  • burnt
  • cantankerous
  • chafed
  • cheerless
  • chewed
  • choleric
  • churlish
  • comfortless
  • confused
  • convulsed
  • corraded
  • corroded
  • crabby
  • cranky
  • cross
  • cut
  • decomposed
  • deviled
  • devilled
  • disapproving
  • discomfited
  • discomforted
  • discomposed
  • disintegrated
  • displeased
  • disquieted
  • dissolved
  • distressed
  • disturbed
  • dressed
  • dyspeptic
  • embarrassed
  • enflamed
  • enraged
  • erased
  • eroded
  • exasperated
  • excoriated
  • exercised
  • exhausted
  • fatigued
  • ferocious
  • fierce
  • fiery
  • filed
  • flayed
  • frayed
  • frazzled
  • fretful
  • fretted
  • frosted
  • frustrated
  • fuming
  • furious
  • fussy
  • gnawed
  • got
  • got to
  • grated
  • grazed
  • griped
  • grouchy
  • ground
  • grumpy
  • haggled
  • hagrode
  • harassed
  • harried
  • harsh
  • hassled
  • hateful
  • heated
  • heckled
  • honed
  • hot
  • huffy
  • hurt
  • ill at ease
  • ill-humored
  • ill-tempered
  • impassioned
  • in pain
  • incensed
  • inconvenienced
  • indignant
  • inflamed
  • infuriated
  • insulted
  • irascible
  • irate
  • ireful
  • irked
  • irritable
  • irritated
  • itched
  • mad
  • maddened
  • miffed
  • miserable
  • nagged
  • narked
  • nervous
  • nettled
  • nibbled
  • nude
  • offended
  • open
  • outraged
  • pained
  • pared
  • peeled
  • peeved
  • peevish
  • persecuted
  • perturbed
  • pestered
  • petulant
  • pinpricked
  • piqued
  • pissed
  • pissed off
  • plagued
  • provoked
  • put out
  • raging
  • rankled
  • rasped
  • reduced
  • resentful
  • restless
  • riled
  • roiled
  • roused
  • rubbed
  • rubbed out
  • rubbed the wrong way
  • ruffled
  • sandblasted
  • sandpapered
  • scoured
  • scraped
  • scratched
  • scuffed
  • scunnered
  • self-conscious
  • sensitive
  • sharpened
  • shaved
  • shirty
  • skinned
  • smarting
  • snappish
  • snuffy
  • sore
  • spited
  • splenetic
  • steaming
  • stiff
  • storming
  • strained
  • suffering
  • sulky
  • sullen
  • teased
  • teed off
  • tested
  • testy
  • tired
  • tormented
  • tortured
  • touchy
  • tried
  • troubled
  • undid
  • uneasy
  • unhinged
  • unsettled
  • upset
  • uptight
  • vexed
  • vext
  • weary
  • whetted
  • wore
  • wore on
  • wore out
  • worn
  • worried
  • wounded
  • wracked
  • wrathful
  • wretched

jinxed

  • accursed
  • accurst
  • adverse
  • afflicted
  • attracted
  • awkward
  • beguiled
  • bewitched
  • broken
  • burdened
  • calamitous
  • captivated
  • catastrophic
  • charmed
  • cursed
  • damaging
  • damned
  • deplorable
  • desperate
  • destitute
  • disastrous
  • doomed
  • enchanted
  • ensorceled
  • ensorcelled
  • enticed
  • fascinated
  • forsaken
  • hapless
  • hard-luck
  • hexed
  • hopeless
  • ill
  • ill-chosen
  • ill-fated
  • ill-omened
  • ill-starred
  • in a bad way
  • inappropriate
  • inauspicious
  • inept
  • infelicitous
  • inopportune
  • jonah
  • lamentable
  • loser
  • luckless
  • lured
  • mesmerized
  • miserable
  • misfortunate
  • out of luck
  • overlooked
  • pained
  • poor
  • poor fish
  • possessed
  • regrettable
  • ruined
  • ruinous
  • sad
  • sad sack
  • seduced
  • shattered
  • snakebit
  • snakebitten
  • spellbound
  • spelled
  • star-crossed
  • stricken
  • struck
  • tempted
  • tragic
  • tragical
  • troubled
  • unbecoming
  • unfavorable
  • unfortunate
  • unhappy
  • unlucky
  • unpromising
  • unpropitious
  • unprosperous
  • unsuccessful
  • unsuitable
  • untoward
  • voodooed
  • woeful
  • wretched

lacerated

  • aching
  • aggrieved
  • agonized
  • all torn up
  • amputated
  • anatomized
  • battered
  • bleeding
  • broken
  • bruised
  • buffeted
  • burned
  • burst
  • busted up
  • butchered
  • carved
  • chipped
  • chiseled
  • chiselled
  • chopped
  • cleaved
  • cleft
  • contused
  • cracked
  • crosscut
  • crushed
  • cut
  • cut off
  • damaged
  • diced
  • disfigured
  • dissected
  • distressed
  • disturbed
  • divided
  • fractured
  • gashed
  • gored
  • grazed
  • hacked
  • hacksawed
  • haggled
  • harmed
  • hit
  • impaired
  • in pain
  • incised
  • indignant
  • mangled
  • marred
  • mauled
  • miffed
  • minced
  • mutilated
  • nicked
  • notched
  • offended
  • pained
  • pierced
  • piqued
  • put away
  • ragged
  • rended
  • rent
  • resentful
  • ripped
  • rived
  • rueful
  • ruptured
  • sad
  • sawed
  • scarred
  • scissored
  • scraped
  • scratched
  • sectioned
  • severed
  • shabby
  • sheared
  • shook
  • shot
  • slashed
  • sliced
  • slit
  • snapped
  • sore
  • split
  • stabbed
  • stricken
  • struck
  • suffering
  • tender
  • tore
  • tortured
  • umbrageous
  • unhappy
  • warped
  • wounded
  • wrenched

lame

  • abhorrent
  • abominable
  • abysmal
  • atrocious
  • awful
  • bad
  • bang
  • base
  • bash
  • bastard
  • batter
  • beat
  • below par
  • belt
  • blamable
  • bludgeon
  • box
  • break
  • bruise
  • bruised
  • brutal
  • buffet
  • bum
  • bung up
  • bush
  • bush-league
  • censurable
  • cheap
  • cheesy
  • coarse
  • common
  • condemnable
  • contemptible
  • counterfeit
  • cowardly
  • crappy
  • craven
  • cripple
  • cruddy
  • crumby
  • crummy
  • cut-rate
  • damage
  • damnable
  • dastardly
  • defective
  • deficient
  • deplorable
  • despicable
  • detestable
  • dirty
  • disable
  • disabled
  • disastrous
  • discreditable
  • disfigure
  • disgraceful
  • disgusting
  • dishonorable
  • dismember
  • disreputable
  • dissatisfactory
  • dreadful
  • drub
  • egregious
  • execrable
  • fake
  • faltering
  • faulty
  • feeble
  • flabby
  • flagrant
  • flawed
  • flimsy
  • flog
  • from hunger
  • game
  • gimpy
  • gnarly
  • gore
  • gross
  • grubby
  • halt
  • hammer
  • hamstring
  • harm
  • hateful
  • hit
  • hobble
  • hobbling
  • horrendous
  • horrible
  • hurt
  • ignoble
  • ignominious
  • ill
  • impair
  • impaired
  • inadequate
  • incapacitate
  • ineffective
  • inefficient
  • inferior
  • injure
  • injured
  • insufficient
  • junky
  • kill
  • kneecap
  • lace
  • lacerate
  • lacking
  • lambast
  • lambaste
  • lash
  • lesser
  • lick
  • limping
  • loathsome
  • lousy
  • low
  • low-grade
  • low-rent
  • maim
  • mangle
  • maul
  • meager
  • meagre
  • mean
  • mediocre
  • miscreant
  • miserable
  • miserly
  • murder
  • mutilate
  • nasty
  • niggardly
  • odious
  • off
  • pained
  • paltry
  • paralyze
  • paste
  • pathetic
  • pelt
  • phoney
  • phony
  • pitiable
  • pitiful
  • pommel
  • poor
  • pound
  • pummel
  • punch
  • punk
  • ratty
  • reprehensible
  • reproachable
  • reptilian
  • repugnant
  • repulsive
  • revolting
  • revulsive
  • rotten
  • rubbishy
  • scabby
  • scanty
  • scar
  • scummy
  • scurrilous
  • scurvy
  • second-rate
  • shabby
  • sham
  • shameful
  • shoddy
  • short
  • skimp
  • skimpy
  • slap
  • sleazy
  • smack
  • smash
  • sneaking
  • sock
  • sordid
  • sore
  • sorry
  • sour
  • spank
  • spare
  • squalid
  • stiff
  • stingy
  • stinky
  • suboptimal
  • subpar
  • substandard
  • sucky
  • swat
  • swipe
  • terrible
  • thin
  • thrash
  • thump
  • thwack
  • torment
  • torture
  • trashy
  • unacceptable
  • unconvincing
  • under par
  • unethical
  • unpersuasive
  • unpleasing
  • unprincipled
  • unsatisfactory
  • unscrupulous
  • unspeakable
  • unsuitable
  • useless
  • valueless
  • vile
  • villainous
  • wack
  • wallop
  • wanting
  • weak
  • whack
  • whip
  • wing
  • worthless
  • wound
  • wretched
  • wrong

nettled

  • affronted
  • aggravated
  • agitated
  • angered
  • annoyed
  • antagonized
  • ate
  • badgered
  • baited
  • ballyragged
  • bitter
  • bothered
  • bugged
  • bullyragged
  • chafed
  • chagrined
  • choleric
  • convulsed
  • crabbed
  • crabby
  • cross
  • crotchety
  • crusty
  • curt
  • deviled
  • devilled
  • discomforted
  • discomposed
  • disgruntled
  • displeased
  • disquieted
  • distressed
  • enflamed
  • enraged
  • exasperated
  • exercised
  • ferocious
  • fierce
  • fiery
  • fractious
  • fretted
  • frosted
  • fuming
  • furious
  • galled
  • got
  • got to
  • grated
  • griped
  • grumpy
  • hagrode
  • harassed
  • harried
  • hassled
  • hateful
  • heated
  • heckled
  • hot
  • huffish
  • huffy
  • hurt
  • ill-tempered
  • impassioned
  • incensed
  • indignant
  • inflamed
  • infuriated
  • insulted
  • irascible
  • irate
  • ireful
  • irked
  • irritable
  • irritated
  • itched
  • mad
  • maddened
  • miffed
  • moody
  • moping
  • nagged
  • narked
  • offended
  • outraged
  • pained
  • peeved
  • peevish
  • persecuted
  • perturbed
  • pestered
  • pettish
  • petulant
  • piqued
  • pissed
  • pissed off
  • plagued
  • provoked
  • put out
  • querulous
  • raging
  • rankled
  • rasped
  • resentful
  • riled
  • roiled
  • roused
  • rubbed the wrong way
  • ruffled
  • short
  • snappish
  • snappy
  • sore
  • spited
  • splenetic
  • stewed
  • storming
  • sulky
  • sullen
  • surly
  • teased
  • testy
  • touchy
  • undid
  • unhinged
  • unsettled
  • upset
  • uptight
  • vexed
  • vext
  • waspish
  • wore on
  • worried
  • wrathful

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