痛苦 — meaning in English

English meaning

• agony noun Extreme physical pain or mental suffering.
• throe noun A severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die.

Senses

痛苦 is used for these senses in English:

• agony Extreme pain.
• death throe (mostly, in the plural) Struggle that is followed by death.
• throe A severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die.

throe — full definition

1. noun A severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die.
2. noun The pain of labour or childbirth; the suffering of death.
3. noun Any severe pang or spasm, especially an outburst of feeling; a paroxysm.
4. noun A hard struggle, especially one associated with the beginning or finishing of a task.