pang
noun/pæŋ/
/pæŋ/
- a sudden strong feeling of physical or emotional pain
- hunger pangs/pangs of hunger
- a sudden pang of jealousy
- She looked at Susan and saw with a pang how tired and frail she seemed.
Extra Examples- He experienced a sudden pang of conscience.
- a passing pang of regret
- The photograph gave her a pang of homesickness.
- With a pang she recalled the last time she had seen him.
- the birth pangs of the new technology
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- sharp
- little
- slight
- …
- experience
- feel
- suffer
- …
- with a pang
- pang of
Word Originlate 15th cent.: perhaps an alteration of prong.
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