1. to cause pain or suffering to; torment
Usage: archaic or literary

1. pain or suffering; agony
Usage: archaic or literary

Examples

• The old injury continued to pein him throughout the winter.
• She endured great pein during her illness.
• His conscience peined him for years after the betrayal.
• The memory of loss was a constant pein.
• Nothing could pein him more than the thought of losing his family.
• He bore his pein with quiet dignity.