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painful (adjective), more painful, most painful; painfuller, painfullest
1. Relating to the act of causing distress or suffering, either mental or physical: Marsha was sick, her glands were swollen and quite painful.
2. Concerning great effort or labor; laborious: The long hike up the steep mountain to the peak was really painful.
3. Descriptive of the agony of a bodily discomfort, hurt, irritation: Russel had a very bad sunburn which was very painful, especially when he wanted to sit down!
2. Concerning great effort or labor; laborious: The long hike up the steep mountain to the peak was really painful.
3. Descriptive of the agony of a bodily discomfort, hurt, irritation: Russel had a very bad sunburn which was very painful, especially when he wanted to sit down!
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poen-, peno-, poino-, poin-, puni-, pain-, penal-, pent-
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algesi-, alge-, alges-, algesio-, algi-, algio-, -algesia, -algesic, -algetic, -algic, -algia, -algy
(Greek: pain, sense of pain; painful; hurting)
(Latin: pertaining to mourning, mournful, painful; lament, bewail)
(Greek: in medicine, a painful seizure or sudden-acute pain; as, with gout)
(Latin: sore, sore spot, painful spot)
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“painful”
painful (adjective), more painful, most painful
Relating to hurting or causing misery: Someone is apparently causing a painful agony by squeezing the pumpkin's face.
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Pumpkin Sculptures or Carvings
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(Greek: eu, "good, well; sounding good" + pheme, "speaking, speech"; mild, agreeable, or roundabout words used in place of coarse, painful, or offensive ones)