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1. (adj.) painful
affected with, causing, or characterized by pain.
2. painful
laborious; exacting; difficult.
3. painful
Archaic. painstaking; careful.
Etymology: (1300–50)
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| Definition of 'painful' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) painful
causing physical or psychological pain
"worked with painful slowness"
2. (adj) afflictive, painful, sore
causing misery or pain or distress
"it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"
3. (adj) atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable
exceptionally bad or displeasing
"atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
4. (adj) irritating, painful
causing physical discomfort
"bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful"
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1. (adjective) painful
causing emotional suffering
a painful goodbye; The memories of childhood were too painful.
2. painful
causing physical pain
a painful injury; The shots were painful but quick.
3. painful
embarrassingly bad
Listening to her singing was painful.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) painful
full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing
2. (adj) painful
requiring labor or toil; difficult; executed with laborious effort; as a painful service; a painful march
3. (adj) painful
painstaking; careful; industrious
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Sense: causing pain
a painful injury.
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 Afrikaans: pynlik |
 Arabic: مُؤْلِم |
 Bulgarian: болезнен |
 Brazilian: doloroso |
 Czech: bolestivý, trapný |
 German: schmerzhaft |
 Danish: smertefuld |
 Greek: οδυνηρός |
 Spanish: doloroso |
 Estonian: valutav |
 Farsi: دردناک |
 Finnish: tuskallinen |
 French: douloureux |
 Hebrew: מַכאִיב |
 Hindi: पीड़ापूर्ण |
 Croatian: bolan, mučan |
 Hungarian: fájdalmas |
 Indonesian: menyakitkan |
 Icelandic: sársaukafullur |
 Italian: doloroso |
 Japanese: 痛い |
 Korean: 아픈 |
 Lithuanian: skausmingas |
 Latvian: sāpīgs |
 Malay: menyakitkan |
 Dutch: pijnlijk |
 Norwegian: smertefull, pinlig |
 Polish: bolesny |
 Persian: دردناک |
 Pashto: خوږمن |
 Portuguese: doloroso |
 Romanian: dureros |
 Russian: болезненный |
 Slovak: bolestivý |
 Slovenian: boleč |
 Serbian: bolan |
 Swedish: plågsam, smärtsam |
 Thai: ซึ่งก่อให้เกิดความเจ็บปวด |
 Turkish: acı veren, acıyan |
 Taiwanese: 使痛苦的 |
 Ukrainian: нестерпний, болісний |
 Urdu: تکليف دہ |
 Vietnamese: đau đớn |
 Chinese: 使痛苦的 |
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