Meaning of "painful" : Online English Dictionary : Word Search by Wordhut.com

Meaning of painful

1. (adj.sat.) causing physical discomfort; "bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful"

2. (adj.sat.) 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"

3. (adj) causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness"

4. (adj.sat.) causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"

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