Antonyms for painless

Grammar : Adj

Spell : peyn-lis

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpeɪn lɪs

Definition of painless

Origin : 1560s, from pain (n.) + -less. Related: Painlessly; painlessness.

As in innocuous : adj harmless
As in nothing to it : adj effortless
As in uncomplicated : adj easy
As in unoffensive : adj harmless
As in easy : adj not difficult
As in effortless : adj easy
As in harmless : adj not injurious or dangerous

Example sentences :

Here in this little gulch was all he sought; here were peace and painless sleep.
Extract from : « The Biography of a Grizzly » by Ernest Seton-Thompson

It had been said the death was painless, but that was Government propaganda.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various

And if so, are they not to be preferred to other modes of training because they are painless?
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

I could scarcely believe that I had spent three painless hours.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

She sighed a gentle, painless sigh, and smiled again like a saint.
Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald

His end was as peaceful and painless as his life had been innocent and beneficial.
Extract from : « Captains of Industry » by James Parton

Here, therefore, we should have no room for sensation, and death would be painless.
Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall

The rest of us degenerate in a painless paralysis we think of as pleasure.
Extract from : « A Far Country, Complete » by Winston Churchill

And in the end—most fearful thought of all—in the end, painless.
Extract from : « A Modern Chronicle, Complete » by Winston Churchill

Teeth had to be filled, and there was no painless dentistry.
Extract from : « History of Linn County Iowa » by Luther A. Brewer

Synonyms for painless

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