painful   (Sound)

The adj painful has 4 senses

• painful -- (causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness")


• afflictive, painful, sore -- (causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up")


• atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable -- (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")


• irritating, painful -- (causing physical discomfort; "bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful")