painful Definition

• Painful ((a.))

  Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing.

• Painful ((a.))

  Requiring labor or toil; difficult; executed with laborious effort; as a painful service; a painful march.

• Painful ((a.))

  Painstaking; careful; industrious.

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