pangs
noun
Meaning
- (often in the plural) A paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; a feeling of sudden and transitory agony; a throe.
- (often in the plural) A sudden sharp feeling of an emotional or mental nature, as of joy or sorrow.
- To cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment, to torture.
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