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painful

/'peɪnfəl/

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adjective
causing physical discomfort
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"bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful"

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irritating uncomfortable
adjective
causing misery or pain or distress
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"the painful process of growing up"

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afflictive sore unpleasant
adjective
exceptionally bad or displeasing
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"a painful performance"

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abominable atrocious awful dreadful terrible unspeakable bad
adjective
causing physical or psychological pain
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"worked with painful slowness"

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agonized agonizing biting bitter chafed excruciating galled harrowing itchy poignant racking raw saddle-sore sensitive sore tender torturesome torturing torturous traumatic wrenching achy agonised agonising aching

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painless

Examples of painful

"bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful"
"the painful process of growing up"
"a painful performance"
"worked with painful slowness"