pang

  1. Noun.  (often, pluralized) paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; sudden and transitory agony;throe.
  2. Noun.  (often, pluralized) A sharp, sudden feeling of a mental or emotional nature, as of joy or sorrow.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) to torment; to torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering.

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