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Definition painful

Etymology

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

Adjective

painful (comparative painfuller or more painful, superlative painfullest or most painful)

  1. Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental. [from 14th c.]
  2. Afflicted or suffering with pain (of a body part or, formerly, of a person). [from 15th c.]
  3. Requiring effort or labor; difficult, laborious. [from 15th c.]
  4. (now rare) Painstaking; careful; industrious. [from 16th c.]
  5. (informal) Very bad, poor.

Results 102 Words with the letters PAINFUL

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PANFUL 15
PAULIN 12
5 letter words with the letters PAINFUL 
FINAL 10
LAPIN 10
LUPIN 11
PILAF 12
PILAU 10
PLAIN 10
ULPAN 11
4 letter words with the letters PAINFUL 
ALIF 8
ANIL 6
FAIL 8
FAIN 8
FAUN 9
FILA 8
FLAN 9
FLAP 11
FLIP 11
LAIN 6
LIPA 8
LUNA 7
NAIF 8
NAIL 6
NIPA 8
PAIL 8
PAIN 8
PFUI 11
PIAL 8
PIAN 8
PINA 8
PLAN 9
PULA 9
PULI 9
PUNA 9
ULAN 7
ULNA 7
UNAI 6
3 letter words with the letters PAINFUL 
AIL 4
AIN 4
ALP 7
ANI 4
FAN 7
FIL 7
FIN 7
FLU 8
FUN 8
LAP 7
LIN 5
LIP 7
NAP 7
NIL 5
NIP 7
PAL 7
PAN 7
PIA 6
PIN 7
PIU 7
PUL 8
PUN 8
2 letter words with the letters PAINFUL 
AI 2
AL 3
AN 3
FA 5
FI 5
IF 5
IN 3
LA 3
LI 3
NA 3
NU 4
PA 5
PI 5
UN 4
UP 6

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