Painful (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Causing physical discomfort; "bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful".
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Meaning 2
Causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness".
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Meaning 3
Exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room".
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Meaning 4
Causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up".
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