douleur — meaning in English
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English meaning
- ache verb To feel a dull, ongoing pain rather than a sharp, sudden one.
- grief noun Deep sorrow, especially caused by loss or bereavement.
- pain noun An unpleasant physical sensation caused by injury or illness.
- suffering noun Pain or distress, whether physical or emotional.
- woe noun Deep sadness or distress, or a misfortune that causes it.
Senses
douleur is used for these senses in English:
- ache Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.
- dolour (chiefly, uncountable, literary) Anguish, grief, misery, or sorrow.
- grief Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness. [from early 14th c.]
- 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.
- pain (uncountable) The condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress
- suffering Experiencing pain; characterized by suffering.
ache — full definition
- verb To feel a dull, ongoing pain rather than a sharp, sudden one.
- verb To feel emotional pain or a strong longing for something.
- noun A steady, dull pain, or a deep emotional hurt.
grief — full definition
- noun Deep sorrow, especially caused by loss or bereavement.
- noun A source of trouble or annoyance (informal).