Pang Definition

păng
pangs
noun
pangs
A sudden, sharp, and brief pain, physical or emotional.
Hunger pangs.
Webster's New World
A sudden sharp feeling of emotional distress.
A pang of guilt.
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verb
To feel sharp bodily pains.
American Heritage
To feel pangs of distress.
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Other Word Forms of Pang

Noun

Singular:
pang
Plural:
pangs

Origin of Pang

  • From Middle English *pange, an altered form of prange, pronge (“pang, throe, stab etc.")

    From Wiktionary

  • Origin unknown

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Pang Sentence Examples

  • Gabriel felt a pang of guilt.

  • For a moment a pang of homesickness engulfed her.

  • The pang of worry that hit her was so sharp, she gasped.

  • That familiar yet annoying pang of disappointment took its place.

  • Dean felt a pang of guilt for not put­ting the day to better use but figured he deserved a little time off to reconnoiter.

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Words Starting With

PPAPAN

Words Ending With

GNGANG

Unscrambles

pang

Words Starting With P and Ending With G

Starts With P & Ends With GStarts With PA & Ends With GStarts With P & Ends With NG

Word Length

4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With P4 Letter Words Ending With G