It's so painful. Stop it!
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Painful
//ˈpeɪn.fl̩//
Synonyms for "painful" (199 found)
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Closest matches (40)
Strong matches (60)
Related words (99)
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Adjective(18 words)
Adjective(3 words)
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3 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
6 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
8 entriesderived from
2 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
41 entriesShowing 16 of 41 words.
Translations
132 translations across 51 languages.
Ancient Greek
3 entries- λυπηρός adj (causing pain)
- ἐπώδυνος adj (causing pain)
- ὀδυνηρός adj (causing pain)
Arabic
3 entries- أَلِيم adj (causing pain)
- مُؤْلِم adj (causing pain)
- مُوجِع adj (causing pain)
Belarusian
1 entries- балю́чы adj (causing pain)
Bikol Central
2 entries- makulog adj (causing pain)
- makulog adj (suffering with pain)
Bulgarian
4 entries- бо́лен adj (causing pain)
- бо́лен adj (suffering with pain)
- боле́знен adj (causing pain)
- мъчи́телен adj (causing pain)
Catalan
1 entries- dolorós adj (causing pain)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 吃力的 adj (requiring labor or toil)
- 疼痛的 adj (causing pain)
- 疼痛的 adj (suffering with pain)
- 痛苦的 adj (causing pain)
Czech
4 entries- bolavý adj (causing pain)
- bolestivý adj (causing pain)
- bolestivý adj (suffering with pain)
- bolestný adj (causing pain)
Danish
2 entries- smertefuld adj (causing pain)
- smertelig adj (causing pain)
Dutch
2 entries- moeizaam adj (requiring labor or toil)
- smartelijk adj (requiring labor or toil)
Esperanto
2 entries- dolora adj (causing pain)
- dolora adj (suffering with pain)
Finnish
4 entries- kipeä adj (suffering with pain)
- kivulias adj (causing pain)
- kivulias adj (suffering with pain)
- rasittava adj (requiring labor or toil)
French
2 entries- douloureux adj (causing pain)
- laborieux adj (requiring labor or toil)
Galician
1 entries- doloroso adj (causing pain)
Georgian
1 entries- მტკივნეული adj (causing pain)
German
1 entries- schmerzhaft adj (causing pain)
Greek
4 entries- επίπονος adj (requiring labor or toil)
- επώδυνος adj (causing pain)
- επώδυνος adj (suffering with pain)
- λυπηρός adj (causing pain)
Hawaiian
2 entries- ʻeha adj (causing pain)
- ʻeha adj (suffering with pain)
Higaonon
1 entries- masakit adj (suffering with pain)
Hindi
4 entries- दुःखी adj (suffering with pain)
- दुखद adj (causing pain)
- दुखदायक adj (causing pain)
- दुखदायी adj (causing pain)
Hungarian
3 entries- fájdalmas adj (causing pain)
- fáradságos adj (requiring labor or toil)
- nehéz adj (requiring labor or toil)
Ingrian
1 entries- vaivakas adj (causing pain)
Irish
4 entries- léanmhar adj (causing pain)
- pianach adj (causing pain)
- pianmhar adj (causing pain)
- piantach adj (causing pain)
Italian
2 entries- doloroso adj (causing pain)
- doloroso adj (suffering with pain)
Japanese
4 entries- 困難な adj (requiring labor or toil)
- 痛い adj (causing pain)
- 痛い adj (suffering with pain)
- 痛みの伴う adj (causing pain)
Korean
2 entries- 아프다 adj (causing pain)
- 아프다 adj (suffering with pain)
Latin
2 entries- dolens adj (suffering with pain)
- laboriosus adj (requiring labor or toil)
Lithuanian
1 entries- skausmingas adj (causing pain)
Macedonian
1 entries- болен adj (causing pain)
Māori
4 entries- hīrawerawe adj (causing pain)
- hīrawerawe adj (suffering with pain)
- pāwera adj (causing pain)
- pāwera adj (suffering with pain)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- smertefull adj (causing pain)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- smertefull adj (causing pain)
Occitan
1 entries- dolorós adj (causing pain)
Old English
1 entries- sār adj (causing pain)
Persian
1 entries- دردناک adj (suffering with pain)
Polish
2 entries- bolesny adj (causing pain)
- bolesny adj (suffering with pain)
Portuguese
4 entries- dolorido adj (causing pain)
- dolorido adj (suffering with pain)
- doloroso adj (causing pain)
- doído adj (suffering with pain)
Romanian
1 entries- dureros adj (causing pain)
Russian
4 entries- боле́зненный adj (causing pain)
- больно́й adj (causing pain)
- больно́й adj (suffering with pain)
- мучи́тельный adj (causing pain)
Sanskrit
1 entries- दुःख adj (causing pain)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- bȏlan adj (causing pain)
- бо̑лан adj (causing pain)
Slovak
2 entries- bolestivý adj (causing pain)
- boľavý adj (causing pain)
Slovene
1 entries- boleč adj (causing pain)
Spanish
3 entries- adolorido adj (suffering with pain)
- dolorido adj (suffering with pain)
- doloroso adj (causing pain)
Swedish
2 entries- smärtsam adj (causing pain)
- smärtsam adj (suffering with pain)
Tagalog
2 entries- masakit adj (causing pain)
- masakit adj (suffering with pain)
Tausug
1 entries- masakit adj (causing pain)
Tocharian B
1 entries- laklese adj (causing pain)
Ukrainian
2 entries- бо́лісний adj (causing pain)
- болю́чий adj (causing pain)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đau đớn adj (suffering with pain)
Waray-Waray
2 entries- masu-ol adj (causing pain)
- maul-ul adj (causing pain)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
It's painful to keep sitting for hours.
Source: tatoeba (24552)
That might be the most painful experience in my life.
Source: tatoeba (27590)
The unconscious person feels no pain, but for the family and friends it can be a long and painful experience.
Source: tatoeba (28202)
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