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adjective
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.
Related forms
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
EXPANDSynonyms
1. distressing, torturing, agonizing, tormenting, excruciating. 2. arduous.
1. distressing, torturing, agonizing, tormenting, excruciating. 2. arduous.
Antonyms
2. easy.
2. easy.
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Painfully
is always a great word to know.
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| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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