Definition of Painful

1. Adjective. Causing physical or psychological pain. "Worked with painful slowness"


2. Adjective. Causing misery or pain or distress. "The painful process of growing up"
Exact synonyms: Afflictive, Sore
Similar to: Unpleasant
Derivative terms: Afflict, Afflict, Painfulness, Soreness

3. Adjective. Exceptionally bad or displeasing. "An unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
Exact synonyms: Abominable, Atrocious, Awful, Dreadful, Terrible, Unspeakable
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"
Exact synonyms: Irritating
Similar to: Uncomfortable
Derivative terms: Painfulness

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)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Painful

paillette
paillettes
paillon
paillons
pails
pailsful
pain
pain
pain-free
pain-pleasure principle
painch
painches
Paine
pained
painful (current term)
painful (current term)
painful-bruising syndrome
painfuller
painfullest
painfully
painfulness
painfulnesses
painful anaesthesia
painful haematuria
painful paraplegia
painful point
painful sensation
painful toe
painim
painims

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