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Synonyms for painful
ˈpeɪn fəlpainful

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  1. painfuladjective

    Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental.

    Antonyms:
    painfree, painless

  2. painfuladjective

    Synonyms:
    doleful, irksome, sorrowful, annoying

  3. painfuladjective

    Synonyms:
    laborious, exerting

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. painful

    Synonyms:
    afflicting, distressful, grieving, grievous, excruciating

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. painfuladjective

    causing physical or psychological pain

    "worked with painful slowness"

    Synonyms:
    irritating, terrible, unspeakable, awful, afflictive, atrocious, abominable, sore, dreadful

    Antonyms:
    unpainful, good, painless, pain-free, comfortable, comfy, pleasant

  2. afflictive, painful, soreadjective

    causing misery or pain or distress

    "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"

    Synonyms:
    mad, irritating, sensitive, huffy, raw, terrible, unspeakable, tender, awful, afflictive, atrocious, abominable, sore, dreadful

    Antonyms:
    comfortable, comfy, pleasant, good, painless, pain-free, unpainful

  3. atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakableadjective

    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"

    Synonyms:
    irritating, dreadful, indescribable, indefinable, awful, sore, odious, unnameable, execrable, horrifying, frightful, amazing, horrendous, severe, tremendous, dreaded, dire, afflictive, flagitious, grievous, monstrous, atrocious, ineffable, detestable, awing, awed, wicked, dread(a), awe-inspiring, unspeakable, horrific, nasty, terrible, horrible, abominable, frightening, unutterable, awesome, fearsome, fearful, direful, untellable, ugly

    Antonyms:
    comfortable, painless, comfy, pain-free, good, pleasant, unpainful

  4. irritating, painfuladjective

    causing physical discomfort

    "bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful"

    Synonyms:
    nettlesome, annoying, afflictive, teasing, plaguy, vexing, vexatious, galling, irritative, abominable, bothersome, awful, unspeakable, plaguey, atrocious, pestiferous, terrible, pesky, dreadful, pestering, sore, irritating

    Antonyms:
    pain-free, painless, comfy, unpainful, comfortable, pleasant, good

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. painfuladjective

    Synonyms:
    tormenting, torturing, agonizing, racking, distressing, distressful, excruciating

  2. painfuladjective

    Synonyms:
    grievous, afflicting, afflictive, disquieting, troublesome, displeasing, provoking, annoying, vexatious, unpleasant, disagreeable

  3. painfuladjective

    Synonyms:
    toilsome, arduous, difficult, hard, severe

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. painfuladjective

    Synonyms:
    distressing, agonizing, excruciating, dolorous, racking, toilsome, arduous, difficult

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How to use painful in a sentence?

  1. Deputy Governor Lynn Patterson:

    Adjustments to large negative shocks take time, although painful for many, the shifts are signs of a dynamic economy.

  2. Ethan Kross:

    Helpful inner monologue isn't always positive in the sense that sometimes, in working through the bad stuff, we learn from our mistakes, that sometimes involves revisiting painful experiences, extracting some important insight that helps us move on and improve.

  3. Tomiko Kawano:

    Sadako would ask us, "What is junior high like?" or "Is English class hard?" Since we knew she would never see the inside of the junior high school, it was painful to answer her. All we could do was try to ease her feelings by saying things like, "Junior high--what a bore," and "Elementary school was better.

  4. Dream Hampton:

    It had been 20-25 years since they were teenagers and had been preyed upon by R. Kelly. They had children and they had husbands and they didn't want to come on camera to talk about that painful trauma.

  5. Joe Biden:

    While any seat lost is painful — some good Democrats didn’t win last night — Democrats had a strong night, and we lost fewer seats in the House of Representatives than any Democratic president’s first midterm election in the last 40 years, and we had the best midterm for governors since 1986.


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