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peine — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • displeasure noun A feeling of annoyance, dissatisfaction, or disapproval.
  • grief noun Deep sorrow, especially caused by loss or bereavement.
  • hassle noun A source of trouble, bother, or minor annoyance.
  • pain noun An unpleasant physical sensation caused by injury or illness.
  • penalty noun A punishment or negative consequence imposed for breaking a rule, law, or agreement.
  • sentence noun A group of words that forms a complete grammatical statement, usually with a subject and a verb.
  • sorrow noun Deep sadness, especially over a loss.
  • trouble noun A difficult, worrying, or dangerous situation or problem.

Senses

peine is used for these senses in English:

  • displeasure A feeling of being displeased with something or someone; dissatisfaction; disapproval.
  • grief Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness. [from early 14th c.]
  • hot water (idiomatic, figuratively) A dangerous situation; trouble.
  • pain (uncountable) The condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress
  • penalty (ice hockey) A punishment for an infraction of the rules, often in the form of being removed from play for a specified amount of time.
  • sentence (dated) The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict. [from 14th c.]
  • sentence A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
  • sorrow (uncountable) unhappiness, woe

grief — full definition

  1. noun Deep sorrow, especially caused by loss or bereavement.
  2. noun A source of trouble or annoyance (informal).

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