growing pains

Noun growing pains has 3 senses

• growing pains(n = noun.state) - pain in muscles or joints sometimes experienced by children and often attributed to rapid growth;
is a kind of hurting, pain

• growing pains(n = noun.feeling) - emotional distress arising during adolescence;
is a kind of pain, painfulness

• growing pains(n = noun.cognition) - problems that arise in enlarging an enterprise (especially in the early stages);
is a kind of problem, trouble