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painful

DEFINITIONS OF: painful

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adj causing physical or psychological pain

“worked with painful slowness”
Synonyms
harmful
causing or capable of causing harm
inhumane
lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion
aching, achy
causing a dull and steady pain
agonised, agonized
expressing pain or agony
agonising, agonizing, excruciating, harrowing, torturesome, torturing, torturous
extremely painful
biting, bitter
causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold
chafed, galled
painful from having the skin abraded
poignant
keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
itchy
causing an irritating cutaneous sensation; being affect with an itch
racking, wrenching
causing great physical or mental suffering
saddle-sore
(of a rider) sore after riding a horse
raw, sensitive, sore, tender
hurting
traumatic
psychologically painful;"few experiences are more traumatic than losing a child";
Antonyms:
painless
not causing physical or psychological pain
harmless
not causing or capable of causing harm
pain-free, unpainful
not accompanied by pain sensations
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adj causing physical discomfort

“they can be very painful”
Synonyms:
irritating
uncomfortable
providing or experiencing physical discomfort

adj causing misery or pain or distress

“the painful process of growing up”
Synonyms:
afflictive, sore
unpleasant
disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings

adj exceptionally bad or displeasing

“a painful performance”
Synonyms:
abominable, atrocious, awful, dreadful, terrible, unspeakable
bad
having undesirable or negative qualities
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