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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pain•ful /ˈpeɪnfəl/USA pronunciation adj. - causing or characterized by pain:a painful wound.
difficult to endure;
agonizing:a painful life. pain•ful•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pain•ful (pān′fəl),USA pronunciation adj. - affected with, causing, or characterized by pain:a painful wound;a painful night;a painful memory.
- laborious;
exacting;
difficult:a painful life. - Archaic. painstaking;
careful.
- 1300–50; Middle English; see pain, -ful
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged distressing, torturing, agonizing, tormenting, excruciating.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged arduous.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged easy.
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