PANG
Dictionary entry overview: What does pang mean?
• PANG (noun)
The noun PANG has 3 senses:
1. a sudden sharp feeling
2. a mental pain or distress
3. a sharp spasm of pain
Familiarity information: PANG used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• PANG (noun)
Meaning:
A sudden sharp feeling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
pang; stab; twinge
Context examples:
pangs of regret / she felt a stab of excitement / twinges of conscience
Hypernyms ("pang" is a kind of...):
feeling (the experiencing of affective and emotional states)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pang"):
guilt pang (pangs of feeling guilty)
Meaning:
A mental pain or distress
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
pang; sting
Context example:
a pang of conscience
Hypernyms ("pang" is a kind of...):
hurting; pain (a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder)
Meaning:
A sharp spasm of pain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("pang" is a kind of...):
hurting; pain (a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pang"):
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)
