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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151. He had hurt his right ankle and it was too painful to put to the ground.
152. Drexel's collapse is especially painful for those junk-bond issuers which had counted on the investment bank to restructure their debt.
153. We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions(Sentencedict.com ), we also numb the positive emotions. Brene Brown
154. Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths. Criss Jami
155. To cope with the aftershock, Mr Perez has made himself unpopular by bringing in painful economic reforms.
156. They help to cut down the number of acne bacteria in the blocked-up grease glands and reduce painful inflammation.
157. It is painful to face the self we know we have never had the integrity to honor and assert. Nathaniel Branden
158. It is devilishly painful.
159. Penny lay in another hospital bed suffering the acute, painful stages of the disease.
160. That means food aid, and it means more painful diplomacy in the search for peace.
161. Her left arm was locked to her side, because her shoulder was extremely painful.
162. In his adult life all these painful thoughts had been buried but still caused a great deal of unhappiness.
163. One painful duty fulfilled makes the next plainer and easier. Helen Keller
164. In some cases this can be painful, distressing and can affect your family and work.
165. For a human being a wasp or bee sting is always painful, but not necessarily serious.
166. Maybe the mothers were fearful that their daughters would marry and live abroad, the idea of permanent separation being too painful.
167. But she decided Daniel's frail body would not stand up to the painful general anaesthetics and blocked the treatment.
168. Poppers were initially manufactured as treatments for angina pectoris, a painful heart condition.
169. Imagery offers another approach to aversion therapy which is not as painful or invasive as the procedures mentioned above.
170. Laws against abortion only succeed in making it painful and dangerous.
171. I finally understood what true love meant...love meant that you care for another person's happiness more than your own, no matter how painful the choices you face might be. Nicholas Sparks
172. Each subject has its own painful application of this misdirected axiom.
173. And the more successful a company has been, the more difficult and painful this process is apt to be.
174. The earliest known example of the Roman bishop exercising jurisdiction is painful.
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