PAINFUL

adjective

Synonyms

Disquieting; troublesome; afflictive; distressing; grievous; laborious; toilsome; difficult; arduous. Pain"ful*ly, adv. Pain"ful*ness, n.

1. Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing Addison.
2. Requiring labor or toil; difficult; executed with laborious effort; as a painful service; a painful march.
3. Painstaking; careful; industrious. [Obs.] Fuller. A very painful person, and a great clerk. Jer. Taylor. Nor must the painful husbandman be tired. Dryden.

Added: October 09, 2025 Updated: October 09, 2025