Another word for painful
painful
modif.
Referring to physical anguish
sore, raw, aching, throbbing, burning, torturing, hurtful, biting, piercing, sharp, severe, caustic, tormenting, smarting, extreme, grievous, griping, stinging, lacerating, bruised, sensitive, tender, irritated, irritable, vexatious, distressing, agonizing, excruciating, torturous, grievous, inflamed, burned, unpleasant, ulcerated, abscessed, uncomfortable; see also sore.
Antonyms healthy*, comfortable, well.
Referring to mental anguish
unpleasant, distasteful, grievous, worrying, depressing, saddening; see also disturbing.
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Another word for painful
Marked by, causing, or experiencing physical pain:
aching, achy, afflictive, hurtful, nagging, smarting, sore. See painDifficult to accept:
bitter, distasteful, indigestible, unpalatable. See like
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