painful

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painful Definition

• (a) causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness"
• (s) causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"
• (s) 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"
• (s) causing physical discomfort; "bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful"

painful Synonyms

• abominable
• afflictive
• atrocious
• awful
• dreadful
• irritating
• painful
• sore
• terrible
• unspeakable