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Verbs of Pain

Sometimes you need to express pain, and these are some handy verbs to help you do so.

A

  • abuse
  • agonize

B

  • belt
  • bite
  • blaze
  • bleed
  • break
  • bruise
  • burn

C

  • cauterize
  • chafe
  • char
  • cramp
  • cremate

D

  • damage
  • decimate
  • disable

F

  • flail
  • flog

H

  • harm
  • hurt

I

  • incinerate
  • inflame
  • injure
  • itch

K

  • kick

L

  • lacerate
  • lash

M

  • mar
  • maul
  • melt

N

  • nag

P

  • pinch
  • prick
  • prickle
  • pummel
  • punch
  • puncture
  • punish

S

  • scorch
  • singe
  • smart
  • snap
  • spank
  • stab
  • sting
  • suffer
  • swell

T

  • tear
  • threaten
  • toast
  • torment
  • torture

W

  • whack
  • whip
  • wound