Associations to the word «Painful»
Noun
- Breathing
- Venom
- Agony
- Crise
- Shock
- Aching
- Anguish
- Affliction
- Muscle
- Jolt
- Remorse
- Illness
- Buttock
- Nerve
- Memory
- Remembrance
- Massage
- Uterus
- Coughing
- Incision
- Scar
- Countenance
- Fortitude
- Reminiscence
- Childbirth
- Sadness
- Agitation
- Solitude
- Fatigue
- Apprehension
- Intensity
- Groin
- Fever
- Enlargement
- Limb
- Craving
- Tendon
- Sudden
- Abdomen
- Perplexity
- Torture
- Trauma
- Sob
- Uneasiness
- Opioid
- Impression
- Convulsion
- Eyelid
- Austerity
- Grimace
- Firmness
- Deprivation
- Misgiving
- Experience
- Grief
- Ankle
- Delirium
- Clarity
Adjective
Wiktionary
PAINFUL, adjective. Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental. [from 14th c.]
PAINFUL, adjective. Afflicted or suffering with pain (of a body part or, formerly, of a person). [from 15th c.]
PAINFUL, adjective. Requiring effort or labor; difficult, laborious. [from 15th c.]
PAINFUL, adjective. (now rare) Painstaking; careful; industrious. [from 16th c.]
PAINFUL BLADDER SYNDROME, noun. Interstitial cystitis
Dictionary definition
PAINFUL, adjective. Causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness".
PAINFUL, adjective. Causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up".
PAINFUL, adjective. 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".
PAINFUL, adjective. Causing physical discomfort; "bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful".
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