[
UK
/pˈeɪnd/
]
[ US /ˈpeɪnd/ ]
[ US /ˈpeɪnd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
emotionally hurt or upset or annoyed
injured feelings
face had a pained and puzzled expression
she looked offended
How To Use pained In A Sentence
- I moved slowly, feeling soft fabric around me, though my body pained me.
- Lamptey attempted to reconcile with them and he acceded to his father's dying wish to reconvert to Christianity, but he was pained at the funerals when he 'had to bury them both alone'.
- Lamptey attempted to reconcile with them and he acceded to his father's dying wish to reconvert to Christianity, but he was pained at the funerals when he 'had to bury them both alone'.
- Tears tickled her tired eyes as she slid down the door her wild hair curtaining her pained face.
- He was almost physically pained by rigid doctrinal systems, and mildly revolted by the idea of discipleship.
- He looked her in the eye with a pained expression and said ‘Madam, no one chooses red frames’.
- A pained expression dulled his features, and he shook his head. One Summer Evening
- And you, Tanis Half-Elven, have degenerated into a liar," Elistan remarked, smiling at the pained expression Tanis tried desperately to keep off his face. Test Of The Twins
- Not only has she been in great demand, but her youthful on-screen tendency to look pained and always on the verge of tears has been replaced by a saucy, aggressive, womanly tone.
- It had been making these pained groaning sounds for a week or so now, but seemed to be responding to the well-placed kicks and turn-it-off-then-turn-it-on-again fixit method that I apply to all electronics.