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- pronunciation:
- peIn
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- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
When something is painful, it makes you feel pain in your body.
I cut my finger on a piece of paper. The cut was very small, but it was still painful.- antonyms:
- painless
- similar words:
- bitter, distressing, smarting, sore, stinging
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| definition 2: |
When something that happens to you is painful, it makes you feel sad or hurt. If you have to move far away, it can be painful to say goodbye to your friends.
It was painful to move out of our house because we had so many happy memories living there.- synonyms:
- distressing, hard, unpleasant
- similar words:
- difficult, heavy, tough, troubling
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| related words: |
hard, sad, sensitive |
| derivations: |
painfully (adv.), painfulness (n.) |
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