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Meaning of pang of conscience

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

pang

Pronunciation:/pæŋ/

noun

Definitions

  1. (often in the plural) A paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; a feeling of sudden and transitory agony; a throe.

  2. (often in the plural) A sudden sharp feeling of an emotional or mental nature, as of joy or sorrow.

verb

Definitions

  1. To cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment, to torture.