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pang noun1. L15.
[Unexpl. alt. of PRONG noun.]
A sudden sharp feeling of pain or painful emotion. Freq. in pl. (orig. in pangs of death). L15.
E. J. Howard Felix felt a pang of irritation. L. Deighton The first sharp pang..had by now become a dull wet ache. C. Tomalin Kennedy..was suffering the pangs of rejected love.
A sudden sharp feeling or emotion of any kind; a sudden brief sensation. M16-L17.
J. Tillotson He..fell into a pang of devotion.
pangful adjective (rare) sorrowful M18.
pangless adjective without a pang E19.