Meaning

5 senses
  1. Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental.

    schmerzhaft

    боле́зненныйboléznennyj, мучи́тельныйmučítelʹnyj, больно́йbolʹnój

    болю́чийboljúčyj, бо́ліснийbólisnyj

    causing physical or psychological pain

  2. Afflicted or suffering with pain (of a body part or, formerly, of a person).

    больно́йbolʹnój

  3. Requiring effort or labor; difficult, laborious.

    тяжёлыйtjažólyj, тя́гостныйtjágostnyj, тя́жкийtjážkij

  4. (informal)Very bad, poor.

    His violin playing is painful.

    exceptionally bad or displeasing

  5. (archaic)Painstaking; careful; industrious.

Examples

254 sentences
  1. That's got to be painful.

    Це, мабуть, боляче.

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  2. This is painful.

    Це болісно.

    ruЭто болезненно.

    deDas tut weh.

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  3. Is it painful?

    Це болісно?

    ruЭто больно?

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  4. It was painful.

    Це було боляче.

    ruЭто было больно.

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  5. It's really painful.

    Це насправді болісно.

    ruЭто по-настоящему больно.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
causing pain:
Русский
By meaning 2
causing pain:
requiring labor or toil:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
causing pain:

Origin

From Middle English paynful, peinful, peynful, paynefull, peynefull, equivalent to pain +

From Middle English paynful, peinful, peynful, paynefull, peynefull, equivalent to pain + -ful. Compare Danish pinefuld (“painful”).

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Forms

painfuller/more painful, painfullest/most painful

Synonyms

43 synonyms

Antonyms

7 antonyms

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
painful — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto