Painful: Synonyms in English

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painful:
- embarrassing; painful; awkward; grievous; full of sadness; pained; precarious; worrisome; perilous; critical; review; hard; saddened; irritating; awful; dreadful; terrible; abominable; unspeakable; atrocious; sore; afflictive
- awkward; painful

English

Detailed Synonyms for painful in English

painful:

painful adj

painful
embarrassing; painful
- embarrassing adj
- painful adj
painful
awkward; grievous; painful; full of sadness; pained
- awkward adj
- grievous adj
- painful adj
- full of sadness adj
- pained adj
painful
precarious; worrisome; awkward; perilous; critical; review; painful; hard
- precarious adj
- worrisome adj
- awkward adj
- perilous adj
- critical adj
- review adj
- painful adj
- hard adj
painful
painful; grievous; pained; saddened; full of sadness
- painful adj
- grievous adj
- pained adj
- saddened adj
- full of sadness adj
painful

– causing physical discomfort ¹
painful; irritating
– causing physical discomfort ¹
- painful adj
  - bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful¹
- irritating adj
  - bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful¹
painful

– exceptionally bad or displeasing ¹
awful; dreadful; terrible; abominable; painful; unspeakable; atrocious
– exceptionally bad or displeasing ¹
- awful adj
  - an awful voice¹
- dreadful adj
  - dreadful manners¹
- terrible adj
  - terrible handwriting¹
- abominable adj
  - abominable workmanship¹
- painful adj
  - a painful performance¹
- unspeakable adj
  - an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room¹
- atrocious adj
  - atrocious taste¹
painful

– causing physical or psychological pain ¹
painful
– causing physical or psychological pain ¹
- painful adj
  - worked with painful slowness¹
painful

– causing misery or pain or distress ¹
sore; painful; afflictive
– causing misery or pain or distress ¹
- sore adj
  - it was a sore trial to him¹
- painful adj
  - the painful process of growing up¹
- afflictive adj

painful

painful
awkward; painful
- awkward
- painful

Related Words for "painful":

painfulness, painfully

Alternate Synonyms for "painful":

Antonyms for "painful":

painless

Related Definitions for "painful":

causing physical discomfort¹
- bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful¹
exceptionally bad or displeasing¹
- a painful performance¹
causing physical or psychological pain¹
- worked with painful slowness¹
causing misery or pain or distress¹
- the painful process of growing up¹

Related Synonyms for painful

painful sensation

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