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List of meaning for painful

experiencing or providing agony or discomfort

painful(adj)

causing physical or psychological pain

"worked with painful slowness"

afflictive, painful, sore(adj)

causing misery or pain or distress

"it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"

atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable(adj)

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"

irritating, painful(adj)

causing physical discomfort

"bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful"

causing or feeling bodily pain a very painful toothache

her broken arm was too painful for her to go on the trip

hard to accept or bear especially emotionally

it's been very painful to accept that my father is gone forever

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