Painsome
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Indicating or marked by pain; painful
"'If thou dost avow that thou art Augur to the Suitors, then often in prayer must thou have sugared my destruction, and desired my wife for thine own; wherefore thou shalt not escape the painsome bed of death.'"
Example
More examples"'If thou dost avow that thou art Augur to the Suitors, then often in prayer must thou have sugared my destruction, and desired my wife for thine own; wherefore thou shalt not escape the painsome bed of death.'"
Etymology
From pain + -some. Compare hurtsome.
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