Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pained

/peɪnd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.92 in modern English

Syllables: pained
IPA: /peɪnd/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

In pain, especially in an emotional sense.

verb

simple past and past participle of pain

Example Sentences

"The director looked as though his faith in human nature had received a rude blow. "A hundred pounds would be a very large initial fee for a small firm like this, Mr Carrados," he remarked in a pained voice."

Inflected Forms

more pained (comparative) most pained (superlative)

Derived Forms

painedly unpained

Synonyms

affronted distraught sore achesome aching achy raw hurt hurty griefful pained painfilled

Homonyms

paned

Rhymes With

remained explained trained obtained gained contained self-contained maintained sustained retained complained detained

Questions

How do you pronounce pained?: The recorded pronunciation is /peɪnd/.
What does pained mean?: In pain, especially in an emotional sense.

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