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Definition of Painful
1. Adjective. Causing physical or psychological pain. "Worked with painful slowness"
Similar to: Aching, Achy, Agonised, Agonized, Agonising, Agonizing, Excruciating, Harrowing, Torturesome, Torturing, Torturous, Biting, Bitter, Chafed, Galled, Poignant, Itchy, Racking, Wrenching, Saddle-sore, Raw, Sensitive, Sore, Tender, Traumatic
Derivative terms: Painfulness, Painfulness
Antonyms: Painless
2. Adjective. Causing misery or pain or distress. "The painful process of growing up"
Similar to: Unpleasant
Derivative terms: Afflict, Afflict, Painfulness, Soreness
3. Adjective. Exceptionally bad or displeasing. "An unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
Similar to: Bad
Derivative terms: Awfulness, Dreadfulness, Terribleness
4. Adjective. Causing physical discomfort. "Bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful"
Definition of Painful
1. a. Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing.
Definition of Painful
1. causing pain [adj -FULLER, -FULLEST]
Medical Definition of Painful
1. 1. Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing 2. Requiring labour or toil; difficult; executed with laborious effort; as a painful service; a painful march. 3. Painstaking; careful; industrious. "A very painful person, and a great clerk." (Jer. Taylor) "Nor must the painful husbandman be tired." (Dryden) Synonym: Disquieting, troublesome, afflictive, distressing, grievous, laborious, toilsome, difficult, arduous. Pain"fully, Pain"fulness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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