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PAINFUL

Definition:

1. [adjective] causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness"
   
   
2. [adjective] causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"
   Synonyms: afflictive, sore
   
   
3. [adjective] exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
   Synonyms: atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, terrible, unspeakable
   
   
4. [adjective] causing physical discomfort; "bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful"
   Synonyms: irritating
   
   

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