Synonym: abominable, afflictive, atrocious, awful, dreadful, irritating, sore, terrible, unspeakable. Similar words: disdainful, in full, in full swing, infuse, pain, in future, infuriate, painter. Meaning: ['peɪnfʊl] adj. 1. causing physical or psychological pain 2. causing misery or pain or distress 3. exceptionally bad or displeasing 4. causing physical discomfort.
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121. I shut out the memory which was too painful to dwell on.
122. It was horribly painful.
123. The duty is painful to me, but it must be done.
124. We know from experience that hot objects are painful to touch.
125. His dog gave me a painful nip on the leg.
126. "Don't you believe me?" "I don't know, " she said with painful honesty.
127. You're behind the times if you think a visit to the dentist has to be painful.
128. It can be painful to leave the house in which you were born.
129. It must have been very painful for you to tell her about the accident.
130. The neck becomes swollen and painful to the touch .
131. It was nowhere near as painful as David had expected.
132. Going to the dentist need not necessarily be a painful experience.
133. My leg was painful, and I wasn't sure it would bear my weight .
134. Her whole body was covered from head to toe in painful red spots.
135. Applying for jobs can be a long and painful process.
136. It was an effort which was to have painful repercussions.
137. It was a painful, awkward moment.
138. This was very painful, and made me cry aloud.
139. This also left certain Negro Volunteers unprepared to make the necessary adjustment, and led to the same kind of painful surprise.
140. To an active mind, indolence is more painful than labor. Edward Gibbon
141. What is more, painful remedies have been most readily accepted from those governments unburdened by past mistakes and old dogmas.
142. It affects all cloven-hoofed animals, which develop painful blisters around the mouth and feet.
143. Unfortunately, the very live bat bit back, and Osbourne underwent a painful series of precautionary rabies injections.
144. The operation was rather painful, but I felt a lot better afterwards.
145. Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle(http://Sentencedict.com), like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand. George Orwell
146. Anyway, the story never aired on the news, leaving our observers with a painful case of unrequited news lust.
147. A painful bout with heroin addiction eventually led him to a spiritual rebirth.
148. You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it. Bill Cosby
149. The final contractions are less painful and, indeed, pain varies a good deal between women and between births.
150. Each commemorated a painful anniversary on the same day last week.
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