English noun: painful sensation | |||
1. | painful sensation (cognition) a somatic sensation of acute discomfort | ||
Samples | As the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain. | ||
Synonyms | pain, pain sensation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesia | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | mittelschmerz, phantom limb pain, twinge | ||