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painful
[peyn-fuhl]
adjective
affected with, causing, or characterized by pain.
a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory.
Synonyms: excruciating, agonizinglaborious; exacting; difficult.
a painful life.
Synonyms: arduousAntonyms: easyArchaic., painstaking; careful.
painful
/ ˈpeɪnfʊl /
adjective
causing pain; distressing
a painful duty
affected with pain
a painful leg
tedious or difficult
informal, extremely bad
a painful performance
Other Word Forms
- painfully adverb
- painfulness noun
- overpainful adjective
- overpainfully adverb
- overpainfulness noun
- unpainful adjective
- unpainfully adverb
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
"They gave us exercises, stretches to do. By this point I couldn't do any of them. It was too painful," she says.
The company has won more favor with investors since then, but the last few sessions have been painful.
A painful defeat by Musetti on Tuesday, in which De Minaur held a 5-3 lead in the deciding set before losing four consecutive games to concede the match, had rocked his confidence.
Macron, France's first president born after the colonial era, has always promised to work on remembrance and reconciliation against the background of the two countries' painful shared history.
“All of my weight was in the saddle…it was painful for a week.”
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