douleur

Definitions of douleur
  1. noun
    psychological suffering
    synonyms: souffrance
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    types:
    angoisse, supplice, tourment
    extreme mental distress
    humiliation volontaire, masochisme
    self-imposed distress
    type of:
    mal, souffrance
    emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid
  2. noun
    a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
    synonyms: mal
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    douleurs, mal
    a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
    agonie
    a state of acute pain
    désagrément
    a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
    supplice, torture
    unbearable physical pain
    mal de dents
    an ache localized in or around a tooth
    mal de dos
    an ache localized in the back
    mal de tête
    pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs
    gastralgie
    an ache localized in the stomach or abdominal region
    mal à l'oreille
    an ache localized in the middle or inner ear
    contraction, douleurs, douleurs de l'accouchement
    a regularly recurrent spasm of pain that is characteristic of childbirth
    type of:
    symptôme
    (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
  3. noun
    an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress
    synonyms: désagrément
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    type of:
    agonie, martyre, supplice, tourment
    feelings of mental or physical pain
  4. noun
    a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
    synonyms: désagrément
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    type of:
    mal
    a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
  5. noun
    a sharp spasm of pain
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    types:
    contraction, douleurs, douleurs de l'accouchement
    a regularly recurrent spasm of pain that is characteristic of childbirth
    type of:
    mal
    a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
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