pang
/ˈpeɪ̯ŋ/ noun C2- A paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; a feeling of sudden and transitory agony; a throe.
- A sudden sharp feeling of an emotional or mental nature, as of joy or sorrow.
Plural pangs
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The child had evidently been crying and Marilla felt a pang of pity which she sternly repressed.
True, Anne could not help a little pang when she contrasted her plain black tam and shapeless, tight-sleeved, homemade gray-cloth coat with Diana’s jaunty fur cap and smart little jacket.
Anne was conscious of a pang of loneliness when she found herself in a room with fifty other students, not one of whom she knew, except the tall, brown-haired boy across the room; and knowing him in the fashion she did, did not help her much, as she reflected pessimistically.
For a moment Anne felt one sickening pang of defeat and disappointment.
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