Painful

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Causing pain.
  • adj. Full of pain.
  • adj. Requiring care and labor; irksome: a painful task.
  • adj. Archaic Diligent; careful.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing.
  • adj. Requiring labor or toil; difficult; executed with laborious effort.
  • adj. Painstaking; careful; industrious.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • That gives or is characterized by pain; of a nature to pain, render uneasy, or inflict suffering, whether bodily or mental; distressing: as, a painful operation in surgery; a painful effort; a painful subject.
  • That requires or necessitates labor, exertion, care, or attention; troublesome; difficult; toilsome.
  • Painstaking; industrious; busy; careful; laborious; hard-working.
  • Synonyms and Racking, agonizing, tormenting, torturing, excruciating, arduous, severe, grievous, trying, afflictive.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. causing misery or pain or distress
  • adj. causing physical or psychological pain
  • adj. causing physical discomfort
  • adj. exceptionally bad or displeasing
  • Equivalent
    unpleasant    raw    torturesome    saddle-sore    torturing    agonizing    agonised    agonized    poignant    wrenching   
    Antonym
    painfree    painless   
    Cross Reference
    depressing    careful    annoying    afflictive    difficulty   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    disdainful    gainful   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    terrible    unpleasant    intense    dangerous    bitter