Pained

6 lettersadjectivecommon

Updated June 2026

Definition

Feeling or visibly showing emotional hurt, distress, or irritation.

“She gave him a pained look when he arrived an hour late without any explanation.”

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Synonyms

offendedinjured

Antonyms

pleased happyrelieved

Word Game Tips

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Wordle

Contains the AI vowel pair and ends in -ED, shares many letters with MAINED, RAINED, and GAINED

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Scrabble

Worth 9 points, the -AINED suffix creates easy extensions if AI tiles are already placed on the board

Words Related to Pained

Words one letter different

Change a single letter of “pained” to make these 6-letter words — useful for Wordle and crossword clues.

gained paired panned pawned rained

Words you can make from Pained

Shorter words formed from the letters in “pained”.

diane endia enpia idean niepa paine paned penda pidan piend pinda pined aden adin aide aine ande andi aped dain dane dani dean deia

Add a letter to make a longer word

7-letter words you can spell by adding one letter to “pained”.

headpin painted

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