Adjectives that collocate with PAIN (Sorted by collocation rank)
back (100), chest (90), stomach (80), muscle (79), growing (79), leg (78), chronic (76), shoulder (74), abdominal (74), great (73), great (73), physical (71), severe (69), sharp (68), emotional (68), burning (64), extreme (63), intense (63), intense (63), little (62), constant (62), excruciating (58), terrible (56), terrible (56), acute (56), searing (53), period (51), throbbing (50), sudden (50), unbearable (49), slight (47), labour (47), dull (45), agonizing (44), stabbing (44), awful (41),
Last edited Nov 25, 2011