painful (ˈpeɪnfʊl
)
Definitions
adjective
- causing pain; distressing ⇒
a painful duty
- affected with pain ⇒
a painful leg
- tedious or difficult
- informal extremely bad ⇒
a painful performance
Alternative Forms
ˈpainfully adverb ˈpainfulness nounSynonyms
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distressing,
unpleasant,
harrowing,
saddening,
grievous,
distasteful,
agonizing,
disagreeable,
afflictive,
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terrible,
awful,
dreadful,
dire,
excruciating,
abysmal,
gut-wrenching,
eye-watering,
godawful,
extremely bad
Translations
- British English:
painful
If a part of your body is painful, it hurts.Her knee was still very painful.ˈpeɪnfʊl ADJECTIVE Her knee was still very painful.
- Spanish:
doloroso
adj dolorosa
- French:
douloureux
adj douloureuse
- German:
schmerzhaft
adj
- Chinese: 疼痛的 adj
- Arabic: مُؤلِمٌ adj
- Portuguese: doloroso adj dolorosa
- Russian: болезненный adj болезненная
- Croatian: bolan adj bolna
- Czech: bolestivý adj
- Danish: smertefuld adj
- Dutch: pijnlijk adj
- Finnish: kivulias adj
- Greek: οδυνηρός adj οδυνηρή
- Italian: doloroso adj dolorosa
- Japanese: 痛い adj
- Korean: 아픈 adj
- Norwegian: smertefull adj smertefullt
- Polish: bolesny adj bolesna
- Brazilian Portuguese: dolorido adj dolorida
- European Spanish:
doloroso
adj dolorosa
- Swedish: smärtsam adj smärtsamt
- Thai: เจ็บปวด adj
- Turkish: ağrılı adj
- Vietnamese: đau đớn adj
Usage examples
She shifted awkwardly in her search for a less painful position.
, CHAMELEON (2002)This repair will enable me to sail with two reefs in the mainsail which is less painful.
Yachting Boating World (2004)They were still there hours later, in the same painful position.
Irish Times (2002)God willing, there will be a painful response against the criminal enemy,' said Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi, a senior Hamas official.
Glasgow Herald (2001)At least twice he also had feverish illnesses when his feet and knees were so painful that he could not walk.
, THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)