pang
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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
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pang
 (păng)n.
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)n
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"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" | |
| 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 |
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pang
noun
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pang
nounverb
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Translations
ألَم Ù…ÙÙاجئ
bodavá bolestsvÃránÃ
jagsting
nyilalló fájás
stingur
aštrus skausmas
pÄ“kšņas asas sÄpes
bodavá bolesťzvieranie
şiddetli ağrı
pang
[pæŋ] N1. (= pain) → punzada f
pangs of childbirth → dolores mpl de parto
pangs of hunger; hunger pangs → dolores mpl de hambre
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
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 cœura 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/tristezzawithout 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
(pÓ•Å‹) noun a sudden sharp pain. a pang of hunger/grief/regret.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
pang
n. dolor agudo penetrante.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
pang
n punzada, dolor breve y agudo; hunger — punzada de hambreEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.