Collocations for pain - noun
1. physical pain
ADJ.
acute, agonizing, awful, excruciating, extreme, great,
intense, severe, sharp, terrible,
intense, severe, sharp, terrible,
unbearable | burning, searing, shooting, stabbing, throbbing
She had a burning pain in one eye.
She had a burning pain in one eye.
dull, little, slight | chronic,
constant, nagging, persistent |
constant, nagging, persistent |
sudden | intermittent | physical
abdominal, back, chest, leg,
abdominal, back, chest, leg,
muscle, shoulder, stomach
She''s been off work with back pain. | He went to the doctor with chest pains.
She''s been off work with back pain. | He went to the doctor with chest pains.
growing, labour, period
QUANT.
spasm, stab
VERB + PAIN
be in, be racked with, experience, feel, get, go through, have, suffer (from)
He was obviously in a great deal of pain. | Can you feel any pain? | Marathon runners are used to going through pain. | He was taken to hospital suffering from severe abdominal pain.
He was obviously in a great deal of pain. | Can you feel any pain? | Marathon runners are used to going through pain. | He was taken to hospital suffering from severe abdominal pain.
cause, give sb, inflict
His back gives him great pain. | It''s wrong to inflict pain on any animal.
His back gives him great pain. | It''s wrong to inflict pain on any animal.
increase, make worse | alleviate, control, deaden, do something for, dull, ease, help, kill, relieve, stop
Your doctor should be able to do something for the pain.
Your doctor should be able to do something for the pain.
bear, endure, put up with, stand, take | cry out in, cry with, groan with, scream with | be contorted with, contort in
His face was contorted with pain as he crossed the finish line.
His face was contorted with pain as he crossed the finish line.
PAIN + VERB
begin, come
The pains began shortly after she started work as a gardener.
The pains began shortly after she started work as a gardener.
shoot through/up
A sharp pain shot up his leg.
A sharp pain shot up his leg.
grow stronger, increase, intensify | disappear, go, stop, wear off
Has the pain gone yet? | A few hours after he''d had his tooth out, the pain began to wear off.
Has the pain gone yet? | A few hours after he''d had his tooth out, the pain began to wear off.
come back, return
PAIN + NOUN
control, relief | threshold
PREP.
~ in
a pain in her side
a pain in her side
PHRASES
aches and pains
Eucalyptus oil is good for easing muscular aches and pains.
Eucalyptus oil is good for easing muscular aches and pains.
a cry of pain, a threshold for/of pain
I have a very low threshold for pain.
I have a very low threshold for pain.
2. unhappiness
ADJ.
great, intense, terrible | emotional
VERB + PAIN
cause (sb), give sb, inflict
Through her drug addiction she had inflicted a lot of pain on the family.
Through her drug addiction she had inflicted a lot of pain on the family.
feel, go through | get over
It took him several years to get over the pain of losing his job.
It took him several years to get over the pain of losing his job.
ease | spare sb
We hoped to spare her the pain of having to meet her attacker.
We hoped to spare her the pain of having to meet her attacker.
express | conceal
He tried to conceal his pain from her.
He tried to conceal his pain from her.
bear, endure | be worth
The government has to persuade the people that the economic reforms are worth the pain.
The government has to persuade the people that the economic reforms are worth the pain.