painful
Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental.
Other meanings
Afflicted or suffering with pain (of a body part or, formerly, of a person).
Requiring effort or labor; difficult, laborious.
Related words
- nonpainful
- overpainful
- prepainful
- unpainful
- painful bladder syndrome
- painful on the eyes
- painfully
- painfulness
Word history
From Middle English "paynful".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “painful” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.