| Pang 1. (n.) A paroxysm of extreme pain or anguish; a sudden and transitory agony; a throe; as, the pangs of death. 2. (v. t.) To torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment. Thesaurus Entries ache, aching, acute pain, anguish, bite, blow, boring pain, charley horse, contriteness, contrition, cramp, cramps, crick, cut, darting pain, discomfort, distress, dolor, fulgurant pain, girdle pain, gnawing, grief, griping, guilt, hesitation, hitch, hurt, injury, jumping pain, kink, lancinating pain, lesion, malaise, misery, misgiving, mortification, nasty blow, nip, pain, paroxysm, passion, pinch, prick, qualm, regret, remorse, scruple, seizure, self-reproach, sharp pain, shock, shoot, shooting, shooting pain, sore, sore spot, spasm, stab, stabbing pain, stitch, stress, stress of life, stroke, suffering, tender spot, thrill, throes, tormen, tweak, twinge, twitch, wound, wrench |