painful
- Adjective. Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental. (defdate, from 14th c.) .
- Adjective. Afflicted or suffering with pain (of a body part or, formerly, of a person). (defdate, from 15th c.) .
- Adjective. Requiring effort or labor; difficult, laborious. (defdate, from 15th c.) .
- Adjective. (context, now) Painstaking; careful; industrious. (defdate, from 16th c.) .
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