meaning of painful
1. Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing.
2. Requiring labor or toil; difficult; executed with laborious effort; as a painful service; a painful march.
3. Painstaking; careful; industrious.
4. causing physical discomfort; "bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very
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Related Words
painful | painful sensation | painfully | painfulness |