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painful::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | irritating |
| Derivation | painfulness |
bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful.
painful::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | afflictive, sore |
| Derivation | painfulness |
the painful process of growing up.
painful::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | abominable, atrocious, awful, dreadful, terrible, unspeakable |
a painful performance.
painful::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | painfulness |
worked with painful slowness.
Examples of painful
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Not only is it chilly, but the fallen acorns make strides painful and hazardous.
From the stltoday.com
The injuries were not serious but were very painful, according to the spokesman.
From the thenewstribune.com
The country's gross domestic product contracted almost 5%, a painful adjustment.
From the businessweek.com
That leaves the painful solution of reining in both public and private spending.
From the businessweek.com
The fallout in terms of jobs, shareholder value and civic pride remains painful.
From the charlotteobserver.com
If it is not love at first sight, then the fallout for England could be painful.
From the telegraph.co.uk
That doesn't mean those feelings aren't meaningful and painful, they surely are.
From the forbes.com
It includes rehab for a knee that was still painful two weeks after the surgery.
From the orlandosentinel.com
If you're obese, beginning an exercise regime can be difficult and even painful.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness"
- Afflictive: causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"
- Atrocious: 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: causing physical discomfort; "bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful"
- (painfully) unpleasantly; "his ignorance was painfully obvious"
- (painfulness) pain: emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid; "the pain of loneliness"
- Painful is the sixth studio album released in 1993 by alternative rock band Yo La Tengo. The album marked a creative shift from Yo La Tengo's previous work in that it blends atmospheric and ambient sounds with their famous noise jams.
- Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage. Retrieved 6 October 2009. This often quoted definition was first formulated by an IASP Subcommittee on Taxonomy [Bonica, JJ (1979). ...
- (PAIN) McKinley National Park Airport is a public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) of McKinley Park, in Denali Borough, Alaska, United States. It is owned by the U.S. ...
