| 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 | ||