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11painful */*/ — UK [ˈpeɪnf(ə)l] / US adjective 1) making you feel upset, ashamed, or unhappy painful memory/reminder: He sobbed as he relived the painful memory. painful experience: His autobiography recounts the unique and painful experience of imprisonment.… …
12painful — adj. 1) painful to 2) painful to + inf. (it s painful to read of such things) * * * [ peɪnf(ə)l] painful to painful to + inf. (it s painful to read of such things) …
13painful — painfully, adv. painfulness, n. /payn feuhl/, adj. 1. affected with, causing, or characterized by pain: a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory. 2. laborious; exacting; difficult: a painful life. 3. Archaic. painstaking; careful. [1300 …
14painful — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look, seem ▪ become, get ▪ find sth ▪ She found it unbearably painful to speak …
15painful*/ — [ˈpeɪnf(ə)l] adj 1) making you feel upset, ashamed, or unhappy painful memories of her unhappy childhood[/ex] 2) causing physical pain The sting can be excruciatingly painful.[/ex] I have a sore throat, and it s really painful when I… …
16painful — adjective (painfuller; painfullest) Date: 14th century 1. a. feeling or giving pain < a painful injury > b. irksome, annoying 2. requiring effort or exertion < a long painful trip > 3 …
17painful — adjective 1) a painful arm Syn: sore, hurting, tender, aching, throbbing, angry 2) a painful experience Syn: disagreeable, unpleasant, nasty, bitter, distressing, upsetting …
18painful — adjective 1) a painful arm Syn: sore, hurting, tender, aching, throbbing 2) a painful experience Syn: disagreeable, unpleasant, nasty, distressing, upsetting, traumatic …
19painful — adjective /ˈpeɪn.fəl/ a) Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental. The men bestow their times in fishing, hunting, warres, and such manlike exercises, scorning to be seene in any woman like exercise, which is the cause that the women… …
20painful — /ˈpeɪnfəl/ (say paynfuhl) adjective 1. affected with or causing pain: painful sunburn. 2. laborious; difficult. 3. Obsolete painstaking. –painfully, adverb –painfulness, noun …
