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adjective
- 1. (of a part of the body) affected with pain: "her ankle was very painful" Similar
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PAINFUL definition: 1. causing emotional or physical pain: 2. If something is painful to watch or listen to, it is so…. Learn more.
PAINFUL meaning: 1. causing emotional or physical pain: 2. If something is painful to watch or listen to, it is so…. Learn more.
painful: 1 adj causing physical or psychological pain “worked with painful slowness” Synonyms: harmful causing or capable of causing harm inhumane lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion aching , achy causing a dull and steady pain agonised , agonized expressing pain or agony agonising , agonizing , excruciating , harrowing , ...
Synonyms painful painful sore raw inflamed excruciating burning itchy These words all describe something that causes you physical pain. painful causing you physical pain. Painful can describe a part of the body, illness, injury, treatment or death: Is your knee still painful? • a series of painful injections • a slow and painful death sore (of a part of the body) painful and often red, especially because of infection or because a muscle has been used too much:. a sore throat; Their feet ...
painful: [adjective] feeling or giving pain. irksome, annoying.
Distressing or embarrassing: A painful silence followed his remark. c. Requiring care and labor; difficult or irksome: a painful way of fixing the problem. 3. Marked by or requiring great care and diligence: gave the matter painful consideration. pain′ful·ly adv. pain′ful·ness n.
Painful definition: affected with, causing, or characterized by pain. See examples of PAINFUL used in a sentence.
4 meanings: 1. causing pain; distressing 2. affected with pain 3. tedious or difficult 4. informal extremely bad.... Click for more definitions.
3 unpleasant or difficult to do synonym trying Applying for jobs can be a long and painful process. Thesaurus painful. sore; raw; inflamed; infected; excruciating; burning; itchy; These words all describe something that causes you physical pain. painful causing you physical pain Painful can describe a part of the body, an illness, an injury, a treatment, or a death: Is your knee still painful? a series of painful injections a slow and painful death; sore (of a part of the body) painful and ...
Even hearing his name was painful to her. 3 HURT/CAUSE PAIN causing physical pain a painful blow on the head excruciatingly/extremely painful an excruciatingly painful death painful to do something He was finding it painful to breathe. 4 EMBARRASSED if someone’s behaviour or a performance is painful, it is so bad that it embarrasses people ...
