Past tense of pain
regular verb
The past tense of pain is pained. The past participle is also pained.
Forms of pain
| Base form (V1) | pain /ˈpeɪ̯n/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | pained /peɪnd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | pained /peɪnd/ |
| Present participle | paining /ˈpeɪnɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | pains /peɪnz/ |
Pained in a sentence
- The wound pained him.
- It feels a bit Brexity: a pained cry from the past, “We want our Shakespearean canon back!”2016 October 26, David Greig, “Emma Rice’s exit from Shakespeare’s Globe feels a bit Brexity”, in New Statesman. From the entry Brexity
- He added that Nigerians were also pained watching their leaders live in luxury while they struggled to make ends meet.2024 August 1, Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, “Violence erupts as Nigerians protest hunger across the nation”, in CNN. From the entry Nigerian
- Up top, a pained expression, her eating face.2016, Melanie Mah, The Sweetest One, Cormorant Books, →ISBN. From the entry drum
- Over the next few laps his pained expression slowly melted, although he still shuffled with a slight limp.2008 October, Davy Rothbart, “How I caught up with dad”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 8, →ISSN, page 110. From the entry melt
Meaning of pain
- noun An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.
- noun The pangs or sufferings of childbirth, caused by contractions of the uterus.
- noun The condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress.
Questions about the past tense of pain
- What is the past tense of pain?
- The past tense of pain is pained.
- What is the past participle of pain?
- The past participle of pain is pained.
- Is pain a regular or irregular verb?
- Pain is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pain (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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