emotional pain
collocation in Englishmeaningsofemotionalandpain
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emotional
adjective
uk/ɪˈməʊ.ʃən.əl/us/ɪˈmoʊ.ʃən.əl/
relating to ...
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pain
noun[C or U]
uk/peɪn/us/peɪn/
a feeling of physical suffering caused by injury ...
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(Definition ofemotionalandpainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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They were also anxious about their reactions of anger andemotionalpainto such treatment by others.
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I wondered how great heremotionalpainwas and how excruciating it could become.
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It has been used with 70 hospitalized cancer patient as an innovative tool to help them to better cope with physical andemotionalpain.
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Without this component, the experience is merely one of brute physical andemotionalpain.
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The psychological harm on children affected by lack of parental attention and theemotionalpainimposed on rejected spouses is often deep and enduring.
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The problem withemotionalpainis that it is probably harder to detect.
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They often found theemotionalpainharder to bear than the physical pain.
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He believes that people are "ambushed by death", and that hospitals never prepare families for the anguish andemotionalpainof bereavement.
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We know theemotionalpainand human tragedy that resulted, largely because of the controversy about vaccination.
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For all of them there is physical pain,emotionalpainand hardship.
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Many people inemotionalpaincome to the state for support, and the gateway will rightly institutionalise that.
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The drugs that we are talking about relieve pain; not only physical pain but alsoemotionalpain.
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The existence ofemotionalpainper seis often denied.
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Many people feelemotionalpainas if it were bodily pain.
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By removing theemotionalpain, it is sometimes possible to reduce the amount of physical treatment that is needed.
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We are talking about a huge degree of physical andemotionalpain.
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The song is underscored by moody strings and its lyrics about acting numb to preventemotionalpain.
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Vulnerability in psychological terms is implied as an increased probability ofemotionalpainand some type of psychopathology.
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