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"bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful"adjectivecausing physical discomfort
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"the painful process of growing up"adjectivecausing misery or pain or distress
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"a painful performance"adjectiveexceptionally bad or displeasing
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"worked with painful slowness"adjectivecausing physical or psychological pain
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Definition that contains painful
- smart painfully severe
- cutting painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
- keen painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
- stabbing painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
- piercing painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
- apprehension painful expectation
- misgiving painful expectation
- chafed painful from having the skin abraded
- galled painful from having the skin abraded
- dysmenorrhea painful menstruation