PAINFUL Synonyms
There is 0 hypernym of the word painful. (close relations)
Best Alternatives
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| agonizing | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • extremely painful | ||||||
| distressing | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • causing distress or worry or anxiety • bad; unfortunate | ||||||
| excruciating | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • extremely painful | ||||||
| thorny | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • bristling with perplexities • having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | ||||||
| afflicting | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
verb • cause great unhappiness for; distress • cause physical pain or suffering in | ||||||
| tormenting | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
noun • unbearable physical pain • extreme mental distress • intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain • a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented • a severe affliction • the act of harassing someone verb • torment emotionally or mentally • treat cruelly • subject to torture | ||||||
| abominable | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • unequivocally detestable • exceptionally bad or displeasing | ||||||
| afflictive | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • causing misery or pain or distress | ||||||
| annoying | adjectiveadj | |||||
noun • the act of troubling or annoying someone adjective satellite • causing irritation or annoyance | ||||||
| atrocious | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
adjective satellite • shockingly brutal or cruel • exceptionally bad or displeasing • provoking horror | ||||||
| awful | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||
adjective • offensive or even (of persons) malicious adverb • used as intensifiers adjective satellite • exceptionally bad or displeasing • causing fear or dread or terror • inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence • extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact • inspiring awe or admiration or wonder | ||||||
| doleful | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • filled with or evoking sadness | ||||||
| dreadful | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • causing fear or dread or terror • exceptionally bad or displeasing • extremely disagreeable and unpleasant | ||||||
| irksome | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness | ||||||
| irritating | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • causing irritation or annoyance • (used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite • causing physical discomfort | ||||||
| laborious | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort | ||||||
| sore | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
noun • an open skin infection adjective satellite • hurting • causing misery or pain or distress • roused to anger | ||||||
| sorrowful | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss | ||||||
| terrible | ||||||
adjective satellite • causing fear or dread or terror • exceptionally bad or displeasing • intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality • extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact | ||||||
| unspeakable | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • defying expression or description • exceptionally bad or displeasing • too sacred to be uttered | ||||||
