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pain

n. a bother; an irritating thing or person. Those long meetings are a real pain.

See:

• a pain in the ass
• a royal pain
• at pains
• at pains to
• at pains, be at
• be a pain in the arse
• be a pain in the neck
• be at pains
• feel no pain
• feeling no pain
• for (one's) pains
• for one's pains
• Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains
• give a pain
• give someone a pain
• go to great pains
• growing pains
• have growing pains
• No pain, no gain
• on pain of
• on pain of death
• pain
• pain and suffering
• pain in the arse
• pain in the ass
• pain in the butt
• pain in the neck
• pain in the rear
• pain-in-the-arse
• pain-in-the-ass
• pain-in-the-butt
• pain-in-the-neck
• pain-in-the-rear
• racked with pain
• royal pain
• share pain
• take pains
• take pains over
• take pains to
• take pains with
• There is no pleasure without pain
• under pain of
• under pain of death