pang

About 1.16 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; a feeling of sudden and transitory agony; a throe.
2. noun A sudden sharp feeling of an emotional or mental nature, as of joy or sorrow.
3. verb To cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment, to torture.
4. verb simple past of ping

Similar words

twinge sting throe lo bang pong stab throb governor pound

Often followed by

of that to and in at as which for

Word family

panged panging pangs