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Showing words for PAINFUL using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Painful

painful

6 Letter Words for Painful

fulani, infula, panfil, panful, paulin

5 Letter Words for Painful

alfin, falun, final, flain, funli, inula, lapin, pilaf, plain, uinal, ulpan, unlap

4 Letter Words for Painful

ainu, alif, alin, anil, fail, fain, faun, fila, flan, flap, flip, fula, infl, lain, lauf, laun, lina, lipa, luna, naif, nail, napu, nipa, pail, pain, pali, paul, pfui, pial, pian, pila, pina, piua, plan, plia, puan, pula, puli, puna, ulan, ulna, unai, unal, upla

3 Letter Words for Painful

afp, ail, ain, alf, aln, alp, anu, apl, auf, aul, fan, fap, fil, fin, fip, flu, fun, inf, ipl, lai, lan, lap, lif, lin, lip, lpn, naf, nap, nil, nip, nul, pal, pan, pau, pia, pil, pin, piu, plf, pli, plu, pua, pul, pun, ufa, ula, una, uni, unl, unp

Definitions for Painful

[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.
[4] causing pain; distressing a painful duty
[5] affected with pain a painful leg
[6] tedious or difficult
[7] informal extremely bad a painful performance

Words related to Painful

distressing, tedious, troublesome, hurtful, dire, excruciating, distasteful, hard, arduous, terrible, severe, unpleasant, uncomfortable, awful, agonizing, harrowing, difficult, biting, burning, caustic

Words nearby Painful

pain-pleasure principle, paine, paine, thomas, pained, painesville, painful, painkiller, painless, pains, painstaking, paint

Origin of Painful

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at pain, -ful

Other words from Painful

pain·ful·ly , adverb
pain·ful·ness , noun
o·ver·pain·ful , adjective
o·ver·pain·ful·ly , adverb
o·ver·pain·ful·ness , noun
un·pain·ful , adjective
un·pain·ful·ly , adverb

Synonyms for Painful

agonizing, arduous, awful, difficult, dire, distasteful, distressing, excruciating, hard, harrowing, hurtful, severe, tedious, terrible, troublesome, uncomfortable, unpleasant, aching, afflictive, biting, burning, caustic, disagreeable, dreadful, extreme, extremely bad, grievous, hurting, inflamed, irritated, laborious, piercing, raw, saddening, sensitive, sharp, smarting, sore, stinging, tender, throbbing, tormenting, trying, vexatious