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Synonyms for painful
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : peyn-fuhl |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpeɪn fəl |
Top 10 synonyms for painful Other synonyms for the word painful
- aching
- afflictive
- biting
- burning
- caustic
- disagreeable
- dreadful
- extreme
- extremely bad
- grievous
- hurtful
- hurting
- inflamed
- irritated
- laborious
- piercing
- raw
- saddening
- sensitive
- severe
- sharp
- smarting
- sore
- stinging
- tedious
- tender
- terrible
- throbbing
- tormenting
- troublesome
- trying
- uncomfortable
- unpleasant
- vexatious
Définition of painful
Origin :- mid-14c., from pain (n.) + -ful. Related: Painfully; painfulness.
- adj physically or mentally agonizing
- Silence was painful to me, and reply only accumulated difficulty and vexation.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- Now he scanned the trees on the edge of the clearing with painful anxiety.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- The circumstances were painful, but added a dramatic touch to the scene.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- He had been shot in the most painful place in the body—the palm of the hand.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- And in the painful cleaning of the wound he did not murmur once.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- How the teams were to accomplish this, it was painful to consider.
- Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
- Where it is most painful is precisely where it does most harm, among the classes we call professional.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- Of course he ought; but the painful fact to meet just now, was that he had not done his duty.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- It is a painful truth that by daylight he was ashamed of his part of the transaction.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- Though he strove to put confidence into his words, his painful doubt was manifest.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
Antonyms for painful
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