What would be a nice word for 'pain' for my novel.?

Question

Now I've come to a scene where my main character, Gregory, is being tortured by these people. (its in first person) and he has no idea why.

But I need some good words for pain. Because I don't want to over use such a small plain word.

If you could give me some nice words for 'pain' it would be greatly appreciated.

I have these already, but they don't seem to fit with the moment.

distress

torture

anger

none of them sound right to me for the moment.

Answer 1

Hmm, i don't know about another way to say pain, but you could describe the pain with words such as "excruciating", "unendurable". or "unimaginable". This will give your novel a little more spice and variety. Best of luck to you!

Answer 2

Unbearable horrible torture

Answer 3

Excruciating

Torturous

Heart-wrenching

Anguish

Paralyzing

Agonizing

Poignant

Can't think of anymore right now.

Answer 4

Ever heard of a thesaurus?  It will help you a lot faster than waiting for us to answer for you.

Aside from that, describe what is happening.  If you give description, you don't have to resort to "I am in pain" because the reader will already know.

Answer 5

Agony?

Answer 6

afflictive, agonal, algetic, distressing, dolorific, excruciating, fulgurating, fulminant, hyperalgesic, hyperesthetic, hypersensitive, irksome, painful, tortuous, troublesome, vexatious, endeavor, exertion, agony, anguish.

Some of those i didn't even know were words.

Answer 7

agony works for me. :0)

Answer 8

Agony

Exrutiating

Mind-numbing pain

anguish

torture

distress

suffering

misery

cruelty

Hope i helped! :)

Answer 9

Instead of saying "I'm in pain", just describe what is happening to him.

I awoke hanging by my wrists, the rope cutting into them. The zombies light the fire beneath my feet. To my horror, I realize I am to die a slow death in order to become one of them.

Answer 10

Mircosoft word has a thesaurus. And for pain, it comes up with: ache, hurt, anguish, agony, grief, sting, soreness... etc. And these all have synonyms too - just play with that for a while.

Although as a note, don't knock small, plain words. Overusing any word is bad, true. But small, plain words get the point across much quicker and better than a lot of elabourate words. There is a fine line between good description and sounding overly concious. Even the best poets tended to use a great many small, plain words.

Answer 11

Hurt

Agony

Misery

Anguish

Torsion