rest ease repose relaxation | freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility), took his repose by the swimming pool |
analgesic anodyne painkiller pain pill | a medicine used to relieve pain |
ease easiness simplicity simpleness | freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort, he rose through the ranks with apparent ease, they put it into containers for ease of transportation, the very easiness of the deed held her back |
ease informality | freedom from constraint or embarrassment, I am never at ease with strangers |
pain threshold | the lowest intensity of stimulation at which pain is experienced, some people have much higher pain thresholds than do other people |
pain pain sensation painful sensation | a somatic sensation of acute discomfort, as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain |
phantom limb pain | pain felt by an amputee that seems to be located in the missing limb |
annoyance bother botheration pain infliction pain in the neck pain in the ass | something or someone that causes trouble, a source of unhappiness, washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer, a bit of a bother, he's not a friend, he's an infliction |
pleasure principle pleasure-pain principle pleasure-unpleasure principle | (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id, the principle that an infant seeks gratification and fails to distinguish fantasy from reality |
pain painfulness | emotional distress, a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid, the pain of loneliness |
pain pain in the neck nuisance | a bothersome annoying person, that kid is a terrible pain |
pain unit | a unit measuring the intensity of pain |
pain hurting | a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder, the patient developed severe pain and distension |
chest pain | pain in the chest |
lumbago lumbar pain | backache affecting the lumbar region or lower back, can be caused by muscle strain or arthritis or vascular insufficiency or a ruptured intervertebral disc |
labor pain | pain and discomfort associated with contractions of the uterus during labor |
referred pain | pain that is felt at a place in the body different from the injured or diseased part where the pain would be expected, angina pectoris can cause referred pain in the left shoulder, pain in the right shoulder can be referred pain from gallbladder disease |
relief ease | the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress), he enjoyed his relief from responsibility, getting it off his conscience gave him some ease |
ease comfort | a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state, a life of luxury and ease, he had all the material comforts of this world |
trouble ail pain | cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed |
comfort ease | lessen pain or discomfort, alleviate, ease the pain in your legs |
ease up ease off let up | reduce pressure or intensity, he eased off the gas pedal and the car slowed down |
ease up ease off slacken off flag | become less intense |
facilitate ease alleviate | make easier, you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge |
pain anguish hurt | cause emotional anguish or make miserable, It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school |
still allay relieve ease | lessen the intensity of or calm, The news eased my conscience, still the fears |
ease | move gently or carefully, He eased himself into the chair |
move over give way give ease up yield | move in order to make room for someone for something, The park gave way to a supermarket, `Move over,' he told the crowd |
awkward ill at ease(p) uneasy | socially uncomfortable, unsure and constrained in manner, awkward and reserved at parties, ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know, was always uneasy with strangers |
pain-free unpainful | not accompanied by pain sensations, pain-free surgery |