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--v. 2 announce, summon (forth), send for or after, call, call
for, call out: They are paging your wife now to give her your
message.
pageant n. spectacle, display, grandeur, tableau, show, parade,
procession, ceremony, formality, ritual, event, affair,
extravaganza, presentation, gala: The children stage a medieval
mystery play as a part of the annual Christmas pageant.
pageantry n. pomp, ceremony, display, magnificence, extravagance,
panorama, showiness, show: The pageantry of the Oberammergau
passion play should be experienced at least once.
pain n. 1 hurt, suffering, discomfort, soreness, ache, aching, pang,
spasm, smarting, cramp: I feel the pain in my back from lifting
that box. 2 anguish, agony, affliction, distress, grief, woe,
suffering, misery, travail, wretchedness, despair, torment,
tribulation, trial, torture, dolour, discomposure, ordeal,
disquiet: No one who has not experienced it can imagine the
pain of losing a child. 3 irritation, vexation, annoyance,
bother, nuisance, pest, Colloq pain in the neck, headache, drag,
bore, Taboo slang pain in the Brit arse or US ass: What a pain
it is that you have forgotten your keys again! David can really
be a pain when he goes on about the book he's writing. 4 pains.
effort, trouble, exertion, toil, labour: She went to great
pains to make our stay comfortable.
--v. 5 hurt, distress, grieve, wound, injure; trouble, depress,
sadden, sorrow, cut to the quick: It pained us to learn of Mrs
McArthur's illness.
painful adj. 1 hurting, grievous, hurtful, sore, distressing,
distressful, excruciating, torturous, agonizing, smarting,
stinging, aching, achy, throbbing, burning, piercing, stabbing,
sharp, tender, sensitive, raw, bitter, Formal nociceptive: The
bullet caused a painful wound in the knee. Mother's arthritis
can be quite painful at times. 2 vexing, vexatious, annoying,
harassing, irritating, irksome, aggravating, galling,
exasperating, unpleasant, afflictive, harrowing, worrisome,
worrying, troubling, disquieting, disturbing, distressing:
Fighting in the front lines was a painful experience for Rupert.
3 painstaking, laborious, careful, rigorous, arduous, assiduous,
sedulous, diligent, earnest, conscientious, meticulous,