painful
painful definition
pain·ful (pān′fəl)
adjective
- causing pain; hurting; distressing
- full of or suffering with pain; aching a painful finger
- requiring trouble and care; exacting and difficult
- annoying or tedious a long, painful lecture
- Archaic painstaking
Related Forms:
- painfully pain′·fully adverb
- painfulness pain′·ful·ness noun
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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