pang Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a sudden sharp feeling
    twinge; stab.
    • pangs of regret
    • she felt a stab of excitement
    • twinges of conscience
  2. noun a mental pain or distress
    sting.
    • a pang of conscience
  3. noun a sharp spasm of pain

WordNet

Pang noun
Etymology
Prob. for older prange. Cf. Prong.
Definitions
  1. A paroxysm of extreme pain or anguish; a sudden and transitory agony; a throe; as, the pangs of death. Syn. -- Agony; anguish; distress. See Agony.
Pang transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment. R. Shak.

Webster 1913