Antonyms for painless


Grammar : Adj
Spell : peyn-lis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpeɪn lɪs


Definition of painless

Origin :
  • 1560s, from pain (n.) + -less. Related: Painlessly; painlessness.
  • As in innocuous : adj harmless
  • As in nothing to it : adj effortless
  • As in uncomplicated : adj easy
  • As in unoffensive : adj harmless
  • As in easy : adj not difficult
  • As in effortless : adj easy
  • As in harmless : adj not injurious or dangerous
Example sentences :
  • Here in this little gulch was all he sought; here were peace and painless sleep.
  • Extract from : « The Biography of a Grizzly » by Ernest Seton-Thompson
  • It had been said the death was painless, but that was Government propaganda.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
  • And if so, are they not to be preferred to other modes of training because they are painless?
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • I could scarcely believe that I had spent three painless hours.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • She sighed a gentle, painless sigh, and smiled again like a saint.
  • Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald
  • His end was as peaceful and painless as his life had been innocent and beneficial.
  • Extract from : « Captains of Industry » by James Parton
  • Here, therefore, we should have no room for sensation, and death would be painless.
  • Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
  • The rest of us degenerate in a painless paralysis we think of as pleasure.
  • Extract from : « A Far Country, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • And in the end—most fearful thought of all—in the end, painless.
  • Extract from : « A Modern Chronicle, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • Teeth had to be filled, and there was no painless dentistry.
  • Extract from : « History of Linn County Iowa » by Luther A. Brewer

Synonyms for painless

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