painful

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adjective

1. causing physical or psychological pain (Freq. 10)
- worked with painful slowness
• Ant:
painless
• Similar to:
aching, achy, agonized, agonised, agonizing,
agonising, excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturous, torturesome,
biting, bitter, chafed, galled, poignant, itchy,
racking, wrenching, saddle-sore, sensitive, sore, raw,
tender, traumatic
• See Also:
harmful, inhumane
• Derivationally related forms:
painfulness
2. causing misery or pain or distress (Freq. 1)
- it was a sore trial to him
- the painful process of growing up
• Syn:
afflictive, sore
• Similar to:
unpleasant
• Derivationally related forms:
soreness (for: sore), painfulness, afflict (for: afflictive)
3. causing physical discomfort
- bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful
• Syn:
irritating
• Similar to:
uncomfortable
• Derivationally related forms:
painfulness
4. 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
• Syn:
atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, terrible, unspeakable
• Similar to:
bad
• Derivationally related forms:
terribleness (for: terrible), dreadfulness (for: dreadful), awfulness (for: awful)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  irritating, atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, terrible, unspeakable, afflictive, sore