painful

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpeɪn.fəl/, SAMPA: /"peIn.f@l/
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[edit] Etymology

pain +‎ -ful

[edit] Adjective

painful (comparative more painful, superlative most painful)

1. Full of pain; causing hurt, uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing.
2. Requiring effort, labor or toil; difficult; executed with laborious effort; as a painful service; a painful march.
3. (archaic) Painstaking; careful; industrious
   • 1843 Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, Book 2, Ch. 2

     For twenty generations, here was the earthly arena where painful living men worked out their life-wrestle

[edit] Synonyms

• (full of pain): doleful, sorrowful, irksome, annoying
• (requiring labor or toil): laborious, exerting

[edit] Antonyms

• (causing pain): painless, painfree

[edit] Derived terms

• painfully
• painfulness

[edit] Translations