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| 1. | [ adjective ] causing physical or psychological pain | |
| Examples: | "worked with painful slowness" |
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| Related terms: | painless sensitive burning poignant agonising agonizing prickling racking aching agonised chafed agonized saddle-sore smarting traumatic biting inhumane prickling harmful | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] causing misery or pain or distress | |
| Synonyms: | sore afflictive | |
| Examples: | "it was a sore trial to him" "the painful process of growing up" |
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| Related terms: | unpleasant | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] exceptionally bad or displeasing | |
| Synonyms: | awful unspeakable terrible dreadful abominable atrocious | |
| Examples: | "atrocious taste" "abominable workmanship" "an awful voice" "dreadful manners" "a painful performance" "terrible handwriting" "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room" |
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| Related terms: | bad | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] causing physical discomfort | |
| Synonyms: | irritating | |
| Examples: | "bites of black flies are more than irritating they can be very painful" |
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| Related terms: | uncomfortable | |
| Similar spelling: |
painfully panoply Pamplin panoplied |
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