Hyphenation of PAINFUL

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PAINFUL

Definitions of PAINFUL:

1.
Causing physical or psychological pain
Worked with painful slowness
2.
Causing misery or pain or distress
It was a sore trial to him The painful process of growing up
3.
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
4.
Causing physical discomfort
Bites of black flies are more than irritating They can be very painful

Synonyms of PAINFUL:

adj painful, aching, achy, agonized, agonised, agonizing, agonising, excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturous, torturesome, burning, chafed, galled, poignant, racking, wrenching, saddle-sore, sensitive, sore, tender, smarting, traumatic, biting, bitter, prickling, stinging, tingling, harmful, inhumane, prickling, stinging, tingling
adj afflictive, sore, unpleasant
adj atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, terrible, unspeakable, bad
adj irritating, uncomfortable

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