| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | aching | dull, steady pain |
| 2. | achy | slightly aching |
| 3. | acute | sharp or severe pain |
| 4. | agonizing | causing great agony |
| 5. | annoying | persistently troublesome pain |
| 6. | articular | felt in a joint |
| 7. | bandlike | encircling, tight pain |
| 8. | bearable | able to be endured |
| 9. | biting | sharp and stinging |
| 10. | bothersome | causing annoying pain |
| 11. | bruised | sore from impact |
| 12. | burning | hot, fiery pain |
| 13. | chronic | long-lasting pain |
| 14. | constant | continuous pain |
| 15. | constricting | tightening around an area |
| 16. | cramping | spasmodic tightening pain |
| 17. | crampy | like a cramp |
| 18. | crippling | severely limiting pain |
| 19. | crushing | heavy, compressive pain |
| 20. | cutting | like being sliced |
| 21. | debilitating | weakening and disabling |
| 22. | deep | felt far inside |
| 23. | diffuse | spread over a broad area |
| 24. | distressing | causing strong suffering |
| 25. | dragging | heavy, pulling pain |
| 26. | dull | not sharp but persistent |
| 27. | electric | like an electric shock |
| 28. | episodic | occurring in separate bouts |
| 29. | excruciating | extremely painful |
| 30. | extreme | pain at a very high level |
| 31. | faint | very weak pain |
| 32. | fierce | very intense pain |
| 33. | focal | centered in one area |
| 34. | freezing | very cold and painful |
| 35. | frostbitten | painfully damaged by cold |
| 36. | generalized | felt widely, not localized |
| 37. | gnawing | persistent, nibbling pain |
| 38. | grinding | rubbing, wearing pain |
| 39. | heavy | deep, weighty pain |
| 40. | hypersensitive | overly responsive to pain |
| 41. | icy | intensely cold pain |
| 42. | incapacitating | making normal activity impossible |
| 43. | inflamed | red, swollen, and painful |
| 44. | intense | very strong pain |
| 45. | intermittent | coming and going |
| 46. | internal | felt inside the body |
| 47. | irritated | inflamed and sore |
| 48. | irritating | mildly painful and bothersome |
| 49. | jabbing | brief, pointed pain |
| 50. | lancing | sharp and slicing pain |
| 51. | lingering | lasting longer than expected |
| 52. | localized | limited to one spot |
| 53. | low-grade | persistently mild pain |
| 54. | manageable | able to be controlled |
| 55. | mild | slight pain |
| 56. | minor | low-level pain |
| 57. | muscular | felt in muscles |
| 58. | nagging | annoying, recurring pain |
| 59. | neuralgic | nerve-related pain |
| 60. | numbing | with reduced feeling |
| 61. | occasional | happening now and then |
| 62. | overwhelming | hard to cope with |
| 63. | persistent | continuing without relief |
| 64. | piercing | sharp and penetrating |
| 65. | pinching | squeezing, sharp pain |
| 66. | pounding | heavy rhythmic pain |
| 67. | pressing | feels like pressure |
| 68. | pressure-like | similar to pressure |
| 69. | pricking | small sharp pain |
| 70. | prickling | tiny sharp tingles |
| 71. | pulsatile | matching the pulse |
| 72. | pulsing | beating in waves |
| 73. | radiating | spreading outward from one point |
| 74. | raw | painfully irritated |
| 75. | recurrent | returning repeatedly |
| 76. | searing | intensely burning pain |
| 77. | severe | very serious pain |
| 78. | sharp | sudden and pointed pain |
| 79. | shooting | traveling suddenly through the body |
| 80. | slight | barely noticeable pain |
| 81. | sore | painful to touch or move |
| 82. | splitting | feels like being split apart |
| 83. | sporadic | irregular and scattered |
| 84. | stabbing | like a knife jab |
| 85. | stiff | painfully tight or rigid |
| 86. | tearing | like tissue being ripped |
| 87. | tender | sensitive and painful |
| 88. | throbbing | beating or pulsing pain |
| 89. | tight | painful pressure or tension |
| 90. | tingling | pins-and-needles discomfort |
| 91. | tormenting | causing severe suffering |
| 92. | tugging | light pulling pain |
| 93. | twisting | wringing, cramp-like pain |
| 94. | ulcerated | painful with open sores |
| 95. | unbearable | too painful to endure |
| 96. | unrelenting | not easing or stopping |
| 97. | visceral | coming from internal organs |
| 98. | wandering | shifting location |
| 99. | wrenching | violently twisting pain |
| 100. | zapping | brief electric pain |