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Antonyms for painful


Grammar : Adj
Spell : peyn-fuhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpeɪn fəl



Definition of painful

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from pain (n.) + -ful. Related: Painfully; painfulness.
  • adj physically or mentally agonizing
Example sentences :
  • Silence was painful to me, and reply only accumulated difficulty and vexation.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • Now he scanned the trees on the edge of the clearing with painful anxiety.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • The circumstances were painful, but added a dramatic touch to the scene.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • He had been shot in the most painful place in the body—the palm of the hand.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • And in the painful cleaning of the wound he did not murmur once.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • How the teams were to accomplish this, it was painful to consider.
  • Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
  • Where it is most painful is precisely where it does most harm, among the classes we call professional.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • Of course he ought; but the painful fact to meet just now, was that he had not done his duty.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • It is a painful truth that by daylight he was ashamed of his part of the transaction.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • Though he strove to put confidence into his words, his painful doubt was manifest.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Synonyms for painful

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