Adjectives that collocate with PAIN (Sorted by collocation rank)
back (76), chest (71), great (63), stomach (62), growing (59), physical (58), abdominal (57), chronic (56), searing (55), shoulder (54), emotional (54), muscle (53), leg (53), sudden (52), sharp (50), slight (49), severe (47), intense (47), little (46), burning (46), excruciating (45), constant (45), extreme (44), awful (43), acute (43), terrible (39), throbbing (36), unbearable (34), labour (33), dull (32), stabbing (32), agonizing (31), period (26), persistent (20), nagging (20), intermittent (13), shooting (12),
Adjectives that collocate with PAIN (Sorted by alphabetical order)
abdominal (57), acute (43), agonizing (31), awful (43), back (76), burning (46), constant (45), chest (71), chronic (56), dull (32), emotional (54), excruciating (45), extreme (44), great (63), growing (59), intense (47), intermittent (13), labour (33), leg (53), little (46), muscle (53), nagging (20), period (26), persistent (20), physical (58), searing (55), severe (47), sharp (50), shooting (12), shoulder (54), slight (49), stabbing (32), stomach (62), sudden (52), terrible (39), throbbing (36), unbearable (34),
Last edited April 17, 2012