pang /ˈpeɪ̯ŋ/noun 2verb 1forms 3 noun[in the plural]2 •A paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; a feeling of sudden and transitory agony; a throe.War[wick]. See how the pangs of death do make him grin. / Sal[isbury]. Disturbe him not, let him passe peaceably. — 1591 •A sudden sharp feeling of an emotional or mental nature, as of joy or sorrow.He was startled with a piece of information which gave him such an exquisite pang of delight that he could hardly keep the usual quiet of his demeanor. — 1867 verb1 •To cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment, to torture.Yet if that quarrell, Fortune, to diuorce / It from the bearer, 'tis a sufferance, panging / As soule and bodies seuering. — 1613 formspanged · panging · pangs
