pang
noun /pæŋ/
  /pæŋ/
- a sudden strong feeling of physical or emotional pain
- hunger pangs/pangs of hunger
 - a sudden pang of jealousy
 - She looked at Susan and saw with a pang how tired and frail she seemed.
 
Extra Examples- He experienced a sudden pang of conscience.
 - He felt the first pangs of desire when he saw his new teacher.
 - a passing pang of regret
 - The photograph gave her a pang of homesickness.
 - With a pang she recalled the last time she had seen him.
 - the birth pangs of the new technology
 
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- sharp
 - little
 - slight
 - …
 
- experience
 - feel
 - suffer
 - …
 
- with a pang
 - pang of
 
Word Originlate 15th cent.: perhaps an alteration of prong.