Other words for a pain—for example, in the arm: “He’s had a ________ in his arm for a week.”
| ACHE | 416 |
| CRAMP | 129 |
| PAIN | 111 |
| HURTING | 78 |
| NR | 78 |
| MISERY | 74 |
| CHARLEY-HORSE | 39 |
| ACHING | 28 |
| CATCH | 25 |
| RHEUMATISM | 25 |
| SORE ARM | 19 |
| NEURALGIA | 18 |
| SORENESS | 18 |
| BURSITIS | 17 |
| ARTHRITIS | 16 |
| HURT | 15 |
| KINK | 10 |
| NEURITIS | 9 |
| STIFF ARM | 6 |
| CRICK | 5 |
| LAME ARM | 5 |
| LAMENESS | 5 |
| SORE | 5 |
| SORE SPOT | 5 |
| SPASM | 5 |
| CROOK | 4 |
| KNOT | 4 |
| THROBBING | 4 |
| ARM-ACHE | 3 |
| ARTHURITIS | 3 |
| BAD ARM | 3 |
| MUSCLE SPASM | 3 |
| RHEUMATIZ | 3 |
| SPRAIN | 3 |
| STIFFNESS | 3 |
| STITCH | 3 |
| AILMENT | 2 |
| DISCOMFORT | 2 |
| DULL PAIN | 2 |
| PULL | 2 |
| PULLED MUSCLE | 2 |
| SEVERE PAIN | 2 |
| SORE MUSCLE | 2 |
| ACHES AND PAINS | 1 |
| ACHING ARM | 1 |
| AILING ARM | 1 |
| ARM HURTS | 1 |
| ARTHRITIC PAIN | 1 |
| ATHLETIC ARM | 1 |
| AWFUL SORE ARM | 1 |
| BRUISE | 1 |
| BRUISED AREA | 1 |
| CATCHING | 1 |
| CATCHING PAIN | 1 |
| CHARLEY-HORSE IN HIS LEG | 1 |
| CHARLEY-HORSE MUSCLE SPASM | 1 |
| COLD | 1 |
| CRAMP S | 1 |
| CRAMPS | 1 |
| CRICK IN HIS LEG | 1 |
| CULL SPRAIN | 1 |
| DEVELOPED | 1 |
| DULL ACHE | 1 |
| EAR-ACHE | 1 |
| GIMPY | 1 |
| GOUT | 1 |
| GROWING PAIN | 1 |
| HE’S BEEN SORE | 1 |
| HIS ARM ACHED | 1 |
| HIS ARM ACHES | 1 |
| HITCH | 1 |
| HOWLING PAIN | 1 |
| HURTS | 1 |
| IRRITATION | 1 |
| JUST PAIN | 1 |
| KNOTTED UP | 1 |
| MUSCLE BIND | 1 |
| MUSCLE PAIN | 1 |
| MUSCLE PULL | 1 |
| NAGGING | 1 |
| NUMBNESS | 1 |
| ONLY PAIN | 1 |
| OUCH | 1 |
| OWIE | 1 |
| PAIN IN THE ARM | 1 |
| PULLED MUSCLES | 1 |
| PULLED TENDONS | 1 |
| QUICK PAIN | 1 |
| RHEUMATIC | 1 |
| RHEUMATIC PAIN | 1 |
| RHEUMATISM PAIN | 1 |
| SHARP PAIN | 1 |
| “SHARP, SHOOTING PAIN” | 1 |
| SPRAINED ANKLES | 1 |
| STIFF JOINTS | 1 |
| STIFF MUSCLE | 1 |
| STIFFENS | 1 |
| STING | 1 |
| STINGING PAIN | 1 |
| STRAIN | 1 |
| STRAINED ARM | 1 |
| THROB | 1 |
| THUMP | 1 |
| TIGHTNESS | 1 |
| TOUCH BURSITIS | 1 |
| TOUCH OF ARTHRITIS | 1 |
| TWINGE | 1 |
| TWITCH | 1 |
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