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feeling no pain

feeling no pain adjective: drunk. Also the present participle and gerund of feel no pain.

Adjective

feeling no pain

  1. (euphemistic) Drunk.
    • [H]e tossed back so many stiff highballs that he lost count. Feeling no pain, he proceeded to insult his host, lose control of his bladder, pass out on the floor, and was carried home.1978 May 22, “Behavior: Drinking as a Way of Life”, in Time, retrieved 27 May 2017
    • Hill, virtually teetotal and a non-smoker, had by this time availed himself of more than one glass of Schnapps and a chunky cigar, courtesy of Rothmans motorhome manager Karl-Heinz Zimmermann, and was feeling no pain.1996 October 19, David Tremayne, “Invitation to world party”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 27 May 2017
    Synonyms:
    drunk

Also used as

feeling no pain is also the present participle and gerund of feel no pain.

Synonyms of feeling no pain

Questions about feeling no pain

What does feeling no pain mean?
Feeling no pain means drunk.
What part of speech is feeling no pain?
Feeling no pain is an adjective.

Words near feeling no pain in the dictionary

  1. feeling in one's waters
  2. feeling like
  3. feeling like death
  4. feeling like oneself
  5. feeling nine feet tall
  6. feeling no pain
  7. feeling one's legs
  8. feeling one's oats
  9. feeling one's way
  10. feeling oneself
  11. feeling out

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