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dolor — 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.
  • sorrow noun Deep sadness, especially over a loss.
  • suffering noun Pain or distress, whether physical or emotional.
  • 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

dolor 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.
  • sorrow (uncountable) unhappiness, woe
  • suffering The condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.
  • 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.

ache — full definition

  1. verb To feel a dull, ongoing pain rather than a sharp, sudden one.
  2. verb To feel emotional pain or a strong longing for something.
  3. noun A steady, dull pain, or a deep emotional hurt.

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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