Pang
noun
A sudden and intense feeling of distress or pain.
He felt a pang of regret remembering his missed chances.
Often appears as...
- pang of guilt
- pang of remorse
noun
A sudden sharp spasm or twist of pain in the stomach or side.
I was hit by a sudden pang of hunger.
Often appears as...
- pang of hunger
- pang of discomfort
noun
A sudden and intense feeling of distress or pain.
He felt a pang of regret remembering his missed chances.
Often appears as...
- pang of guilt
- pang of remorse
noun
A sudden sharp spasm or twist of pain in the stomach or side.
I was hit by a sudden pang of hunger.
Often appears as...
- pang of hunger
- pang of discomfort
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Used to express strong, often negative, sudden feelings in emotional situations.
She felt a pang of jealousy seeing them together.
Pro Tip 2/3Brief Sensation
'Pang' suggests a feeling that is sharp but may not last long.
A pang of fear struck him as he heard the news.
Pro Tip 3/3Usually Negative
'Pang' is mainly used for negative emotions or situations.
Upon hearing the old song, he was filled with a pang of nostalgia.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Used to express strong, often negative, sudden feelings in emotional situations.
She felt a pang of jealousy seeing them together.
Pro Tip 2/3Brief Sensation
'Pang' suggests a feeling that is sharp but may not last long.
A pang of fear struck him as he heard the news.
Pro Tip 3/3Usually Negative
'Pang' is mainly used for negative emotions or situations.
Upon hearing the old song, he was filled with a pang of nostalgia.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Used to express strong, often negative, sudden feelings in emotional situations.
She felt a pang of jealousy seeing them together.
Pro Tip 2/3Brief Sensation
'Pang' suggests a feeling that is sharp but may not last long.
A pang of fear struck him as he heard the news.
Pro Tip 3/3Usually Negative
'Pang' is mainly used for negative emotions or situations.
Upon hearing the old song, he was filled with a pang of nostalgia.
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How America's public...
freshly prepared school lunches or even air conditioning. These are things my kids don't get. You see, as I got older, while I was grateful for this amazing opportunity that I was being given, there was this ever-present pang
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Car in the Coop PIPE...
fat pangs we'll look at the tombstones in the back that's like a ghost back
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How America's public...
freshly prepared school lunches or even air conditioning. These are things my kids don't get. You see, as I got older, while I was grateful for this amazing opportunity that I was being given, there was this ever-present pang
Video examples
Car in the Coop PIPE...
fat pangs we'll look at the tombstones in the back that's like a ghost back
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Quote examples
Tracy K. Smith
American Poet
Jacqueline Woodson's books are such a gift to parents and children for their poignant subtlety and lyricism and their willingness to let a reader dwell in the pangs of realization that we sometimes try to protect our children from.
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Martin Amis
British Author
The process of writing a novel begins with a pang, a moment of recognition, and a situation, a character, or something you read in a paper, that seems to go off, like a solar flare inside your head.
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Caroline Polachek
American Musician
And a pang is ultimately private. It's not a thing that gets broadcast to the world; it's a kind of internal alarm that sounds when something has to change and it has to change fast.
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Rick Stein
English Chef
I find that the heat from chilli counteracts hunger pangs, which I believe is why it's so popular in the developing world, so I have a very spicy Vietnamese pho for breakfast.
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Mark Pellegrino
American Actor
Unless the character is suffering from tremendous self doubt or pangs of conscience, you have to get morally behind the character and their values.
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Joseph Brodsky
American Poet
One always pulls the trigger out of self-interest and quotes history to avoid responsibility or pangs of conscience.
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Alfred Russel Wallace
British Scientist
Truth is born into this world only with pangs and tribulations, and every fresh truth is received unwillingly.
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David Beckham
English Footballer
I feel this pang of regret whenever I watch sport; this sense that I will never play a big match again.
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Joseph Addison
English Writer
I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair.
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Jane Austen
British Writer
Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
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Tracy K. Smith
American Poet
Jacqueline Woodson's books are such a gift to parents and children for their poignant subtlety and lyricism and their willingness to let a reader dwell in the pangs of realization that we sometimes try to protect our children from.
Quote examples
Martin Amis
British Author
The process of writing a novel begins with a pang, a moment of recognition, and a situation, a character, or something you read in a paper, that seems to go off, like a solar flare inside your head.
Quote examples
Caroline Polachek
American Musician
And a pang is ultimately private. It's not a thing that gets broadcast to the world; it's a kind of internal alarm that sounds when something has to change and it has to change fast.
Quote examples
Rick Stein
English Chef
I find that the heat from chilli counteracts hunger pangs, which I believe is why it's so popular in the developing world, so I have a very spicy Vietnamese pho for breakfast.
Quote examples
Mark Pellegrino
American Actor
Unless the character is suffering from tremendous self doubt or pangs of conscience, you have to get morally behind the character and their values.
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Joseph Brodsky
American Poet
One always pulls the trigger out of self-interest and quotes history to avoid responsibility or pangs of conscience.
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Alfred Russel Wallace
British Scientist
Truth is born into this world only with pangs and tribulations, and every fresh truth is received unwillingly.
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David Beckham
English Footballer
I feel this pang of regret whenever I watch sport; this sense that I will never play a big match again.
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Joseph Addison
English Writer
I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair.
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Jane Austen
British Writer
Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
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