Associations to the word «Pang»

Wiktionary

PANG, noun. (often pluralized) paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; sudden and transitory agony; throe
PANG, noun. (often pluralized) A sharp, sudden feeling of a mental or emotional nature, as of joy or sorrow
PANG, verb. (transitive) to torment; to torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering
PANG OF CONSCIENCE, noun. (often pluralized) A feeling of shame, guilt, or embarrassment, resulting from behavior which one regrets.

Dictionary definition

PANG, noun. A sudden sharp feeling; "pangs of regret"; "she felt a stab of excitement"; "twinges of conscience".
PANG, noun. A mental pain or distress; "a pang of conscience".
PANG, noun. A sharp spasm of pain.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca