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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
pained
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a pained expression (=one that shows you are in pain or feeling upset)
▪ A pained expression crossed Rory’s face when he saw them together.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
expression
▪ You noticed a vaguely pained expression enter Jackson's eyes, as if he was wondering why nothing ever proved simple.
▪ Rex made with the crossed eyes and suitably pained expression.
▪ He assumed a pained expression and averted his eyes.
▪ Larry, my stepfather, sits stiffly with a pained expression on his face.
▪ Even from fifty yards away I could see her pained expression.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Another figure may be responsible for drawing us out, eliciting all kinds of pained and disagreeable reactions.
▪ Duroc looked up at Rafferty, and the priest turned his head, meeting his gaze with pained, still-clear eyes.
▪ Everyone else sounded pained and crazy enough.
▪ He could see Steen's face in its pained repose, and felt certain that he was up against a case of murder.
▪ Newman's pained performance is a slightly heavy-handed but compelling version of the Marlon method.
▪ Rex made with the crossed eyes and suitably pained expression.
▪ The woman's face was drawn into pained mask.
▪ You noticed a vaguely pained expression enter Jackson's eyes, as if he was wondering why nothing ever proved simple.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
pained

pained \pained\ adj. Made to suffer mental pain.

Syn: offended.

Wiktionary
pained
  1. In pain, especially in an emotional sense. v

  2. (en-past of: pain)

WordNet
pained

adj. hurt or upset; "she looked offended"; "face had a pained and puzzled expression" [syn: offended]

Wikipedia
Pained

Pained (; lit. "Pain") is a 2011 South Korean film directed by Kwak Kyung-taek. Kwak's first feature in three years, it is a romantic melodrama set in Seoul, which is a departure from the director's previous Busan-based masculine thrillers and gangster movies. It is adapted from an original story by popular webtoon artist Kang Full.

Usage examples of "pained".

A young officer with a bewildered and pained expression on his face stepped away from the man and looked round inquiringly at the adjutant as he rode by.

Oh, forgive me, for I see the pained expression on your face, so please forgive this over enthusiastic adolescent for his clumsy way of saying what he feels.

But ever as he grew older he thought more of her, and it pained him very much to know that even now, when he was living in comfort, with good food and rich apparel, she, to whom he owed so much, was perhaps labouring as a bondswoman under some cruel master.

But, on the other hand, I was much pained to see that in your letter you did not call me Friend, but Madame .

I wondered if it pained my uncle that his younger brother had fathered three sons to his one.

When I had crawled back to my fauteuil and placed my tipped fauteuil aright and I was again seated I realized the pain of inside no longer pained me.

One thing was certain, I was sorry for what I had done, and that was always a thought which pained me.

However, there it was and it had to be extracted, for it pained me extremely.

As much as it pained him, Keth finally admitted the redhead was right.

That writhing weapon-man had managed to strike the bear in the nose with no more than his knuckly fist, yet with an angry and pained roar the beast hurled him aside.

Boghos Panoshian, was of the opinion that she should be placed in a private psychiatric facility and had recommended a few, and such thoughts pained Kogh even more, though as her fits became more frequent and more violent, he was beginning to seriously consider the well-meant suggestions.

He moved back into tall trees, followed by the staff, saw more officers waiting for him, looks of pained relief.

Coney Mound, or at the very least that Owd Jack, aged and pained beyond belief and yet still living, had come to reclaim me.

I was sure at that moment that the devil himself had decided to walk Coney Mound, or at the very least that Owd Jack, aged and pained beyond belief and yet still living, had come to reclaim me.

It pained Vok that it was so, now that his own years had taught him both temperance and wisdom, but he had neither the energy nor the inclination to change the order of things at such a late point in his own journey.