States and conditions
Synonyms for pang
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
a mental pain or distress
A pang of conscience.
The true synonym
sting
Same sentence, swapped: A sting of conscience.
Close but different
These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for pang as it is used in the sentence above.
- aching
- tenderness
- twitch
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