Italian English Dictionary

italiano - English

il dolore in English:

1. pain pain


What a pain!
He became bad-tempered, continually criticized his wife's cooking and complained of a pain in his stomach.
Tom is in a lot of pain, but he says that he can take it.
He didn't divulge the information, not even under pain of torture.
Without the risk of pain, there can be no happiness and joy.
A sadist likes inflicting pain; a masochist, receiving it.
Don't ruin my fun after all the pain that I put myself through.
Many years ago flying used to be glamorous. Now it's just a pain in the neck!
Human beings usually have two basic desires: to get away from pain and to arrive at pleasure.
Tomatoes are good for people who suffer stomach pain from excess stomach acid when their stomach is empty.
When you start taking medicine it begins working on symptoms, like pain, right away, but that doesn't mean that the ulcer heals right away.
Fish do not have the brain development that is necessary for the psychological experience of pain or any other type of awareness.
my little sister’s such a pain, always complaining about me
Is a short but glamorous career in sport worth all the pain from injuries?
This vandalism has caused much distress and pain to the families of those whose graves were destroyed.

English word "il dolore"(pain) occurs in sets:

1000 most important Italian nouns 151 - 200
1000 most important Italian nouns 151 - 200

2. grief grief


grief is exhausting.
As an atheist/agnostic it can be difficult to cope with grief in a society that is 95% religious.
You think that people are okay, but I allow one to think that people and all societies are bad. No one wants other people to tolerate their mischief. People give grief to people because their viewpoints vary.
Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.
Republicans and Democrats, Christians, Atheists, Muslims and all other faiths, Americans and Immigrants, everyone was united in grief for the devastation of 9/11.
Grief on the face is better than the stain in the heart.
It was to say that going to the station was too much of a bother after all so I should come to the hotel she's staying at. Good grief, what a selfish woman!
The reality of having offfended God, whom one has come to love more deeply, evokes tears of grief
It was a grief to them that they had no children. She was overcome with grief when her husband died.
... which left little room for grief
We’ve all experienced the grief of losing someone we love.
newspaper pictures of grief-stricken relatives
Good grief! I had no idea you had been placed in such a tight spot.
His little daughter's bad behaviour caused him a lot of grief.
No one really understands the grief or joy of another.

English word "il dolore"(grief) occurs in sets:

Emotions - Emozioni

3. ache


I ache all over.
My legs ache from sitting.
tooth ache
stomach ache, back ache, toothache, earache, headache
I suffer from a stomach ache.
After lying down for a short while, my stomach ache calmed down.
My grandfather always complains about his aches.
After running the marathon, his body ached for a week.
His legs ached
Philip’s head began to ache.
I’ve had stomach ache all day, and I’ve been sick.
It’s common to have an ache in your side if you have a kidney stone.
Got something that'll dull the ache a bit
Her heart ached whenever she thought about him.
The sad story made my heart ache.

English word "il dolore"(ache) occurs in sets:

Health - La salute