English noun: growing pains | |||
1. | growing pains (state) pain in muscles or joints sometimes experienced by children and often attributed to rapid growth | ||
Broader (hypernym) | hurting, pain | ||
2. | growing pains (feeling) emotional distress arising during adolescence | ||
Broader (hypernym) | pain, painfulness | ||
3. | growing pains (cognition) problems that arise in enlarging an enterprise (especially in the early stages) | ||
Broader (hypernym) | problem, trouble | ||