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Meaning of painful
pain•ful
Pronunciation: (pān'ful), [key]
- affected with, causing, or characterized by pain: a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory.
- laborious; exacting; difficult: a painful life.
- painstaking; careful.
See also:
- painful (Thesaurus)