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pang
1. noun
a) paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; sudden and transitory agony;throe

See, how the pangs of death do make him grin!

b) A sharp, sudden feeling of a mental or emotional nature, as of joy or sorrow

So the Nightingale pressed closer against the thorn, and the thorn touched her heart, and a fierce pang of pain shot through her.

See Also: birth pangs, pang of conscience
2. verb
to torment; to torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering

It panged him so to say good-bye when he had to leave.


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