be at pains

Questions about be at pains

What is another word for be at pains?

It depends which be at pains you mean. In the sense “try very hard to do something”, the synonyms are take pains. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of be at pains?

WordNet records no antonym for be at pains. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for be at pains come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of be at pains

• Full entry for be at painsAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for be at painsWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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