What are some similes for hurt?

ache

• anguish.
• hurt.
• misery.
• pang.
• pounding.
• soreness.
• spasm.
• suffering.

What is a metaphor for pain?

Single word metaphorical descriptors included pain that was ‘pinching’, ‘pressing’, ‘crushing’ ‘tight’, or ‘heavy’. Multiple participants described their pain as feeling like their body part in pain was in a ‘vice’, with pressure being exerted on it.

What are 10 examples of similes?

Following are some more examples of similes regularly used in writing:

• You were as brave as a lion.
• They fought like cats and dogs.
• He is as funny as a barrel of monkeys.
• This house is as clean as a whistle.
• He is as strong as an ox.
• Your explanation is as clear as mud.
• Watching the show was like watching grass grow.

What is a simile for SAD?

My heart is as sad as a black stone under the blue sea. —Samuel Lover. Sad as the tears the sullen Winter weeps. —George Mac-Henry. Sad, like the sun in the day of mist, when his face is watery and dim.

How do you describe pain symptoms?

Achy: Achy pain occurs continuously in a localized area, but at mild or moderate levels. You may describe similar sensations as heavy or sore. Dull: Like aching pain, dull discomfort occurs at a low level over a long period of time. Dull pain, however, may intensify when you put pressure on the affected body part.

How do you express the word pain?

Some words to describe pain

1. aching.
2. cramping.
3. dull ache.
4. burning.
5. cold sensation.
6. electric shock.
7. nagging.
8. intense.

Is a pain in the neck a metaphor?

A source of annoyance, a nuisance, as in Joan is a real pain in the neck, with her constant complaining, or Jack told his brother to stop being a pain in the ass. The first of these colloquial expressions dates from about 1900 and originated as a euphemism for the two less polite variants.

What is an example of a like simile?

Examples of Similes Using Like and As Last night Bob slept like a log. In this example, slept like a log is the simile, and like is the word used to signal that a comparison is being made. The two things being compared are “slept” and “log.” A log just lies in one place and does not move.

What are some examples of similes and metaphors?

If your students love fairy tales, here are some great simile and metaphor examples:

• Simile: Rapunzel’s hair was as soft as clouds.
• Simile: Cinderella’s slippers were as shiny as the sun.
• Metaphor: The snow is a white blanket.
• Metaphor: The calm lake was a mirror about what was to come.

How do you describe sadness?

1 unhappy, despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, gloomy, downcast, downhearted, depressed, dejected, melancholy.

What’s a simile for feeling bad?

What is another word for feel-bad?

How would you describe pain?

Aching.