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painful definition

pain·ful (pān′fəl)

adjective

  1. causing pain; hurting; distressing
  2. full of or suffering with pain; aching a painful finger
  3. requiring trouble and care; exacting and difficult
  4. annoying or tedious a long, painful lecture
  5. Archaic painstaking

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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