painful

painful /'peinful/
  • tính từ
    • đau đớn, đau khổ; làm đau đớn, làm đau khổ
    • vất vả, khó nhọc, mất nhiều công sức

Xem thêm: afflictive, sore, atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, terrible, unspeakable, irritating



painful

Từ điển Collocation

painful adj.

VERBS be, look, seem | become, get | find sth She found it unbearably painful to speak.

ADV. acutely, excruciatingly, extremely, intensely, particularly, terribly, unbearably, very | increasingly | almost | pretty, quite, rather, slightly, somewhat | potentially | emotionally, physically

PREP. to The subject of his failed marriage was quite painful to him.

Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • causing physical or psychological pain

    worked with painful slowness

  • causing misery or pain or distress; afflictive, sore

    it was a sore trial to him

    the painful process of growing up

  • exceptionally bad or displeasing; atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, terrible, unspeakable

    atrocious taste

    abominable workmanship

    an awful voice

    dreadful manners

    a painful performance

    terrible handwriting

    an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room

  • causing physical discomfort; irritating

    bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: abominable afflictive atrocious awful dreadful irritating sore terrible unspeakable