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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)
- Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental. [from 14th c.]
- Afflicted or suffering with pain (of a body part or, formerly, of a person). [from 15th c.]
- Requiring effort or labor; difficult, laborious. [from 15th c.]
- (now rare) Painstaking; careful; industrious. [from 16th c.]
- (informal) Very bad, poor.
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ALIF
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ANIL
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FAIL
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FAIN
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FAUN
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FILA
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FLAN
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FLAP
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FLIP
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LAIN
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LIPA
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LUNA
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NAIF
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NAIL
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NIPA
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PAIL
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PAIN
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PFUI
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PIAL
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PIAN
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PINA
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PLAN
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PULA
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PULI
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PUNA
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ULAN
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ULNA
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UNAI
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AIL
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AIN
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ALP
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ANI
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FAN
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FIL
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FIN
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FLU
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FUN
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LAP
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LIN
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LIP
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NAP
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NIL
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NIP
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PAL
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PAN
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PIA
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PIN
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PIU
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PUL
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PUN
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