piina — meaning in English

English meaning

• gall noun Bold, brazen nerve; shameless audacity.
• pain noun An unpleasant physical sensation caused by injury or illness.
• pine noun An evergreen coniferous tree with needle-like leaves, or the wood it produces.
• torment noun Severe physical or mental suffering.

Senses

piina is used for these senses in English:

• gall (figurative, uncountable) Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.
• pain (countable, and, uncountable) An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.
• pine (archaic) A painful longing.
• torment Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.

gall — full definition

1. noun Bold, brazen nerve; shameless audacity.
2. verb To irritate or annoy someone deeply.
3. noun Bile, the bitter fluid produced by the liver.
4. noun A sore patch on the skin caused by rubbing or chafing.
5. noun A lump or growth on a plant, often caused by an insect laying eggs inside it.

pain — full definition

1. noun An unpleasant physical sensation caused by injury or illness.
2. noun Mental or emotional suffering.
3. noun Informal term for an irritating or troublesome person or situation.
4. verb To cause someone physical or emotional suffering.

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