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painful
[peyn-fuhl]
adjective
affected with, causing, or characterized by pain.
a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory.
Synonyms: ,laborious; exacting; difficult.
a painful life.
Synonyms:Antonyms:Archaic.painstaking; careful.
painful
/ ˈɪԴʊ /
adjective
causing pain; distressing
a painful duty
affected with pain
a painful leg
tedious or difficult
informalextremely bad
a painful performance
Other 51Թ Forms
- painfully adverb
- painfulness noun
- overpainful adjective
- overpainfully adverb
- overpainfulness noun
- unpainful adjective
- unpainfully adverb
- ˈ貹Դڳܱ adverb
- ˈ貹ԴڳܱԱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
Daylight Tuesday brought a starkly different scene: volunteers scrubbing graffiti from the exterior of the museum, which highlights the painful lessons of Japanese Americans’ mass incarceration during World War II.
In 1989, newly elected Baseball Commissioner A. Bart Giamatti, a retired Yale University president and English Renaissance literature scholar, banned Rose for life after an investigation that proved painful for both men.
“With this crime, the Zionist regime has prepared a bitter and painful fate for itself — and it will undoubtedly face it,” he said, according to a statement released to local media.
“There is no doubt that this is a painful and significant change to our organization and a challenge to CHLA’s mission, vision, and values,” hospital executives wrote to staff in a Thursday morning email.
“When federal immigration enforcement actions take place in communities that may reflect your own heritage, neighborhoods, or even your family’s story, it can create a deep and painful conflict,” he wrote.
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