What does painful mean?
Definitions for painful
ˈpeɪn fəlpainful
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word painful.
Princeton's WordNet
painful(adj)
causing physical or psychological pain
"worked with painful slowness"
afflictive, painful, sore(adj)
causing misery or pain or distress
"it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"
atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable(adj)
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"
irritating, painful(adj)
causing physical discomfort
"bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful"
Wiktionary
painful(Adjective)
Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental.
painful(Adjective)
Afflicted or suffering with pain (of a body part or, formerly, of a person).
painful(Adjective)
Requiring effort or labor; difficult, laborious.
painful(Adjective)
Painstaking; careful; industrious.
Webster Dictionary
Painful(adj)
full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing
Painful(adj)
requiring labor or toil; difficult; executed with laborious effort; as a painful service; a painful march
Painful(adj)
painstaking; careful; industrious
Freebase
Painful
Painful is the sixth studio album released in 1993 by alternative rock band Yo La Tengo. The album marked a creative shift from Yo La Tengo's previous work, blending atmospheric and ambient sounds with their famous noise jams. Painful features a much more melodic-driven Yo La Tengo in its hazy, dream-like songwriting. Two versions of the track "Big Day Coming" are present on the album and display the range of musical stylings Yo La Tengo works with; the first version features a simple organ melody accompanied by a soft bass counterpoint and Kaplan's guitar feedback echoing in the background, while the second version is a much more straightforward, shoegaze style with an accompanying organ solo towards the latter part of the song.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'painful' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4692
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'painful' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4722
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'painful' in Adjectives Frequency: #623
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of painful in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of painful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of painful in a Sentence
The process of becoming psychologically intertwined with the partner is painful to have to undo, our study provides additional evidence that self-concept repair actually causes improvements in well-being.
The conversation around policing is painful but I believe it provides us with an opportunity to learn, to change and to grow.
It was obviously great to work in a city like Rome and to be kind of back together with Ben and Owen and that sort of thing but it was a pretty tight schedule, there were a lot of days where you're running around and wearing some uncomfortable corset you can't breathe in. And I had people sticking pens in me, things like that. So it's not really a funny story but it's a painful story. But for your art you sometimes have to suffer.
Here is somebody who put his life on the line to defend this country, a veteran, dealing with a terrible, terrible illness, and what was obviously very unsettling is when he used the word suicide, nevada Congressional was the most dramatic and painful moment of the whole town meeting.
Im a doctor but I was really surprised how painful this was.
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- مؤلمArabic
- балю́чыBelarusian
- dolorósCatalan, Valencian
- smertefuldDanish
- schmerzhaftGerman
- επίπονος, επώδυνοςGreek
- doloroso, doloridoSpanish
- kivulias, tuskallinen, työläs, rasittava, raskas, kipeäFinnish
- pénible, laborieux, douloureuxFrench
- nehéz, fáradságos, fájdalmasHungarian
- dolorosoItalian
- 骨の折れる, 困難, 苦しいJapanese
- laboriosusLatin
- tārū, tārūrūMāori
- zorgzaam, smartelijk, moeizaam, pijnlijk, ijverigDutch
- bolesnyPolish
- extenuante, árduoPortuguese
- мучительный, болезненный, тяжкий, тягостный, тяжёлыйRussian
- smärtsamSwedish
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