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pang
CEFRC2
/ˈpæŋ/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A sudden sharp feeling of pain or emotion.
- 02
noun
Extra detailA sudden sharp feeling of an emotional or mental nature, as of joy or sorrow.
Examples
Each time I remember Kabylie, I feel a small pang of sadness.
Tom felt a pang of jealousy.
At a glance
Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 4
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- [ˈpʰeɪ̯ŋ]
- /ˈpeɪ̯ŋ/
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsTo cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment, to torture.
A paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; a feeling of sudden and transitory agony; a throe.
More examples
In contextWar[wick]. See how the pangs of death do make him grin. / Sal[isbury]. Diſturbe him not, let him paſſe peaceably.
Yet if that quarrell, Fortune, to diuorce / It from the bearer, 'tis a ſufferance, panging / As ſoule and bodies ſeuering.
He was startled with a piece of information which gave him such an exquisite pang of delight that he could hardly keep the usual quiet of his demeanor.
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Origin
noun
The origin of the noun is uncertain; it is possibly derived from Middle English *pange, perhaps an altered form of prange, prōnge (“affliction, agony, pain; pointed instrument”) as in prongys of deth (“pangs of death, death throes”), from Anglo-Latin pronga, of unknown origin. Perhaps connected with Middle Dutch prange, pranghe (“instrument for pinching”) (modern Dutch prang (“horse restraint; fetter, neck iron”)), Middle Low German prange (“pole, stake; (possibly) kind of pillory or stocks”), Old English pyngan (“to prick”). The word may thus be related to prong. The verb is derived from the noun.