Definition
Meaning of 'painful'
Meaning of 'painful' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Painful 
[ a.]
- Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either
physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing. [ a.]- Requiring labor or toil; difficult; executed with laborious effort; as a painful service; a painful march.
- Painstaking; careful; industrious.
Meaning of 'painful' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. painful [ a]
[ a]Meaning (1):
- causing physical or psychological pain
- causing physical or psychological pain
Example in sentence:
- worked with painful slowness
2. painful [ s]
[ s]Meaning (2):
- exceptionally bad or displeasing
- exceptionally bad or displeasing
Example in sentence:
- a painful performance;
- abominable workmanship;
- an awful voice;
- an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room;
- atrocious taste;
- dreadful manners;
- terrible handwriting
Meaning (3):
- causing physical discomfort
- causing physical discomfort
Example in sentence:
- bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful
Meaning (4):
- causing misery or pain or distress
- causing misery or pain or distress
Example in sentence:
- it was a sore trial to him;
- the painful process of growing up
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