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(adjective) causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness" |
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Antonyms: painless |
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(satellite adjective) causing physical discomfort; "bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful" |
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Synonyms: irritating |
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(satellite adjective) causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up" |
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Synonyms: afflictive, sore |
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(satellite 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" |
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Synonyms: abominable, atrocious, awful, dreadful, terrible, unspeakable |
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