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pang

noun [C]
 
 
/pæŋ/

Definition

a sudden sharp feeling, especially of painful emotion: a pang of jealousy We hadn't eaten since yesterday and the hunger pangs were getting harder to ignore.Pain and painfulFeelings - general words
(Definition of pang noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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