Definitions for painful
ˈpeɪn fəlpainful

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. painful(adj)

   causing physical or psychological pain

   "worked with painful slowness"

2. afflictive, painful, sore(adj)

   causing misery or pain or distress

   "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"

3. 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"

4. irritating, painful(adj)

   causing physical discomfort

   "bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. painful(Adjective)

   Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental.

2. painful(Adjective)

   Afflicted or suffering with pain (of a body part or, formerly, of a person).

3. painful(Adjective)

   Requiring effort or labor; difficult, laborious.

4. painful(Adjective)

   Painstaking; careful; industrious.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Painful(adj)

   full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing

2. Painful(adj)

   requiring labor or toil; difficult; executed with laborious effort; as a painful service; a painful march

3. Painful(adj)

   painstaking; careful; industrious

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1. 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.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'painful' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4692

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'painful' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4722

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'painful' in Adjectives Frequency: #623

How to pronounce painful?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of painful in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of painful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of painful in a Sentence

1. Alberto Fujimori:

   I have lived though the most painful moment of my life.

2. Tina Fey:

   You try your best, you try to have your eyes open, try to be so mindful, but it’s also a fast-moving train. I felt like a gymnast who did like a very solid routine and broke her ankle on the landing. Because it’s literally within the last 2-3 sentences of the piece that I chumped it. And I screwed up, and the implication was that I was telling people to give up and not be active and to not fight. That wasnotmy intention, obviously. … I didn’t want anybody to get hurt. … If I had a time machine, I could go back…I would end the piece by saying… ‘Fight them in every way except the way that they want.’ But I didn’t write that in time! I wrote that two days later as I was pacing in my house. It’s painful. I wanted to help, but I chumped it. But the culture of apology is not for me.

3. Tom Millar:

   It's a hugely painful way to go blind.

4. Father Stubna:

   These have been very painful and difficult days for all of us in Catholic Church.

5. Thomas Udoh:

   I voted for APC for change, but ... is this the change? This is very painful.

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