Definition for Painful:

• Full of pain; giving pain to body or mind; difficult; laborious.

Synonyms for Painful:

• adj.

  •arduous (adjective)
  • strenuous,
  • heavy,
  • punishing,
  • onerous,
  • toilsome,
  • labored,
  • uphill,
  • tough,
  • exhausting,
  • no picnic,
  • tiring,
  • backbreaking,
  • grueling,
  • burdensome,
  • rough,
  • formidable,
  • taxing,
  • harsh,
  • rigorous,
  • Fatiguing.
  •awkward (adjective)
  • thorny,
  • embarrassed,
  • ticklish,
  • delicate.
  •bad (adjective)
  • intense,
  • grave,
  • serious,
  • disastrous.
  •burning (adjective)
  • pungent,
  • prickling,
  • tingling,
  • irritating.
  •cruel (adjective)
  • fierce,
  • wicked,
  • monstrous,
  • bitter,
  • atrocious,
  • merciless,
  • poignant,
  • virulent,
  • inhumane.
  •difficult (adjective)
  • demanding,
  • immense,
  • exacting,
  • problematic,
  • stiff,
  • wearisome,
  • galling,
  • intricate,
  • bothersome,
  • effortful,
  • Operose.
  •distasteful (adjective)
  • loathsome,
  • displeasing,
  • objectionable,
  • abominable,
  • abhorrent,
  • uninviting,
  • unappetizing,
  • unsavory,
  • repugnant,
  • undesirable,
  • nauseous,
  • obnoxious,
  • odious,
  • detestable,
  • offensive,
  • unpalatable.
  •doleful (adjective)
  • dreary,
  • dolorous,
  • melancholy,
  • dismal,
  • cheerless,
  • woebegone,
  • sad,
  • wretched,
  • rueful,
  • sorrowful,
  • lamentable,
  • mournful,
  • piteous,
  • doleful,
  • pitiful,
  • woeful.
  •dolorous (adjective)
  • deplorable,
  • heart-rending,
  • Dolorific,
  • calamitous,
  • doleful,
  • regrettable.
  •galling (adjective)
  • galling,
  • Harassing.
  •hard (adjective)
  • stern.
  •painful (adjective)
  • odious,
  • anguishing,
  • throbbing,
  • aggravating,
  • distressful,
  • Irksome,
  • stinging,
  • cruel,
  • unbearable,
  • crushing,
  • burdensome,
  • bothersome,
  • withering,
  • offensive,
  • Cramping,
  • trying,
  • grievous,
  • biting,
  • sore,
  • smarting,
  • harrowing,
  • piercing,
  • oppressive,
  • miserable,
  • woeful,
  • torturing,
  • severe,
  • tormenting,
  • Besetting,
  • aching,
  • inflaming,
  • chafing,
  • agonizing,
  • unpleasant,
  • irritating,
  • uncomfortable,
  • troublesome,
  • disagreeable,
  • arduous,
  • horrendous,
  • wrenching,
  • stabbing,
  • grueling,
  • excruciating,
  • cutting,
  • acute,
  • hurtful,
  • insufferable,
  • bitter,
  • annoying,
  • Gnawing.
  •physically or mentally agonizing (adjective)
  • difficult,
  • biting,
  • severe,
  • laborious,
  • dreadful,
  • tender,
  • sharp,
  • disagreeable,
  • distasteful,
  • uncomfortable,
  • arduous,
  • hurtful,
  • saddening,
  • hard,
  • extreme,
  • tedious,
  • smarting,
  • caustic,
  • hurting,
  • trying,
  • burning,
  • distressing,
  • terrible,
  • excruciating,
  • throbbing,
  • grievous,
  • inflamed,
  • aching,
  • agonizing,
  • troublesome,
  • dire,
  • stinging,
  • sore,
  • sensitive,
  • piercing,
  • irritated,
  • harrowing,
  • awful,
  • afflictive,
  • vexatious,
  • unpleasant,
  • raw,
  • tormenting,
  • extremely bad.
  •severe (adjective)
  • bad.
  •sharp (adjective)
  • sharp.
  •wicked (adjective)
  • wicked.

• n.

  •
  • chapped,
  • caustic,
  • crippling,
  • irritated,
  • distressing,
  • sharp,
  • angry,
  • inflamed,
  • irritable,
  • extreme,
  • healthy,
  • burned,
  • chronic.
  •
  • dismal,
  • worrying,
  • heartbreaking,
  • tragic,
  • unhappy,
  • sad,
  • distasteful,
  • depressing,
  • upsetting,
  • disturbing.
  •
  • embarrassed,
  • ignominious,
  • guilty,
  • pain,
  • shameful,
  • undignified,
  • humiliating,
  • nagging,
  • awkward,
  • embarrassing,
  • unfortunate.
  •
  • unpalatable,
  • indigestible,
  • like.
  •painful (noun)
  • aching,
  • afflictive,
  • excruciating,
  • awful,
  • bad,
  • agonizing,
  • abominable,
  • galled,
  • tender,
  • chafed,
  • atrocious,
  • sensitive,
  • harrowing,
  • dreadful,
  • smarting,
  • irritating,
  • torturous,
  • unpleasant,
  • racking,
  • agonising,
  • wrenching,
  • burning,
  • terrible,
  • biting,
  • achy,
  • agonised,
  • agonized,
  • torturesome,
  • bitter,
  • traumatic,
  • poignant,
  • sore,
  • uncomfortable,
  • unspeakable.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • heartbreaking,
  • affecting,
  • disheartening,
  • moody,
  • ignominious,
  • grim,
  • mournful,
  • melting,
  • unhappy,
  • shameful,
  • humiliating,
  • pitiable,
  • unfortunate,
  • shattering,
  • soul-destroying,
  • regrettable,
  • piteous,
  • difficult,
  • undignified,
  • depressing,
  • cheerless,
  • upsetting,
  • sadly,
  • nagging.
  •
  • dreaded,
  • embarrassed,
  • pathetic,
  • dismal,
  • distasteful,
  • pitiful,
  • touching,
  • indigestible.
  •
  • unpalatable,
  • dark,
  • embarrassing.
  •
  • guilty,
  • black,
  • sad,
  • awkward.
  •catastrophic
  • tragic.
  •caustic
  • burning.
  •congested
  • inflamed.
  •disquieting
  • disturbing.
  •exhausting
  • nerve-racking.
  •injurious
  • harmful.
  •insufferable
  • insupportable,
  • intolerable.
  •oppressive
  • onerous.
  •sore
  • lame.
  •Other relevant words:
  • earnestly,
  • adversity,
  • imperfect,
  • poignant,
  • exquisite,
  • painfulness,
  • loathsome,
  • terrific,
  • penetrating,
  • unnerving,
  • deeply,
  • gruelling,
  • annoyance,
  • uncovered,
  • agonising,
  • careful,
  • upsetting,
  • no picnic,
  • hurt,
  • heart-rending,
  • untellable,
  • recede,
  • heartily,
  • awkward,
  • soreness,
  • tortured,
  • embarrassed,
  • tangled,
  • taxing,
  • privation,
  • plaguey,
  • ignominious,
  • excessive,
  • forbidding,
  • torturous,
  • eagerly,
  • unpopular,
  • severely,
  • undignified,
  • awing,
  • madly,
  • cheerless,
  • sourly,
  • distressing,
  • nerve-wracking,
  • unsavory,
  • unsatisfactory,
  • tart,
  • tough luck,
  • intense,
  • racking,
  • unthankful,
  • pungent,
  • wicked,
  • nuisance,
  • disquieting,
  • smart,
  • hairy,
  • swingeing,
  • scratchy,
  • horrifying,
  • disgusting,
  • dolorous,
  • melancholy,
  • withdraw,
  • keen,
  • pay,
  • undergo,
  • flagitious,
  • dark,
  • huffy,
  • direful,
  • tedious,
  • distasteful,
  • stand,
  • terrifying,
  • exacting,
  • pestering,
  • corvee,
  • saddening,
  • condition,
  • chapped,
  • agonize,
  • spasmodic,
  • unacceptable,
  • exposed,
  • distressingly,
  • obnoxious,
  • bad,
  • indefinable,
  • unspeakable,
  • vexatious,
  • heartrending,
  • dismaying,
  • forced,
  • insupportable,
  • pain,
  • ardently,
  • stressful,
  • pitiful,
  • galled,
  • conscientious,
  • nociceptive,
  • joyless,
  • irritated,
  • delicate,
  • perilous,
  • objectionable,
  • violent,
  • redoubtable,
  • daunting,
  • overwhelming,
  • angry,
  • fearsome,
  • ticklish,
  • hideous,
  • exceptionable,
  • galling,
  • agonised,
  • thoroughgoing,
  • harmful,
  • tender,
  • hardship,
  • controversial,
  • alarming,
  • problematic,
  • formidable,
  • terribly,
  • dreary,
  • permit,
  • sternly,
  • prickly,
  • inflamed,
  • abusive,
  • embarrassing,
  • saddle-sore,
  • chafed,
  • execrable,
  • thumping,
  • abominable,
  • disheartening,
  • intricate,
  • disturbing,
  • nagging,
  • merciless,
  • dismal,
  • grave,
  • intolerable,
  • laborious,
  • abide,
  • violently,
  • base,
  • indescribable,
  • hard,
  • receive,
  • shooting,
  • major,
  • injurious,
  • torture,
  • enormous,
  • laboured,
  • paltry,
  • hurting,
  • melting,
  • particular,
  • involved,
  • sensitive,
  • thorn,
  • cruelly,
  • dreaded,
  • abhorrent,
  • moody,
  • awe-inspiring,
  • repellant,
  • disorder,
  • Griping,
  • shattering,
  • meretricious,
  • injured,
  • Dolorific,
  • touching,
  • gravely,
  • doleful,
  • heinous,
  • healthy,
  • austere,
  • lack,
  • monstrous,
  • irritative,
  • retire,
  • firmly,
  • sad,
  • open,
  • dreadful,
  • badly,
  • tortuous,
  • repulsive,
  • leave,
  • mad,
  • heart-breaking,
  • ineffable,
  • sickness,
  • lame,
  • virulent,
  • devastating,
  • bumpy,
  • unhappy,
  • accept,
  • caustic,
  • Draconic,
  • extremely,
  • detest,
  • sedulous,
  • seriously,
  • necessity,
  • wounding,
  • serious,
  • torturesome,
  • traumatizing,
  • painstaking,
  • uninviting,
  • heavy,
  • exhausting,
  • ailment,
  • heartfelt,
  • testing,
  • aggrieved,
  • horrid,
  • indigestible,
  • dire,
  • affliction,
  • fierce,
  • picnic,
  • demanding,
  • bitterly,
  • detestable,
  • regrettable,
  • wearisome,
  • comfortless,
  • tolerate,
  • shocking,
  • vexing,
  • detailed,
  • strongly,
  • Ill-conditioned,
  • frightening,
  • bleak,
  • vulnerable,
  • anguish,
  • considerable,
  • nerve-racking,
  • knotty,
  • spine,
  • drastic,
  • acutely,
  • plaguy,
  • sorrowful,
  • villainous,
  • sensational,
  • pestiferous,
  • black,
  • stiff,
  • undesired,
  • abhor,
  • horrific,
  • prickling,
  • critical,
  • thorough,
  • wretched,
  • extremely bad,
  • rigorous,
  • pathetic,
  • thankless,
  • tough going,
  • shameful,
  • intensely,
  • misfortune,
  • deficiency,
  • troubling,
  • unnameable,
  • like,
  • burning,
  • pungently,
  • scrupulous,
  • Afflicting,
  • nasty,
  • below par,
  • irritable,
  • ugly,
  • depressive,
  • worrisome,
  • sticky,
  • unappetizing,
  • in pain,
  • afflictive,
  • mournful,
  • pesky,
  • tragic,
  • Operose,
  • illness,
  • labored,
  • crippling,
  • ghastly,
  • poverty,
  • teasing,
  • harsh,
  • hardly,
  • raw,
  • disastrous,
  • nettlesome,
  • hard-earned,
  • earnest,
  • Discomforting,
  • keenly,
  • tingling,
  • deep,
  • strong,
  • thorny,
  • exactly,
  • harshly,
  • draconian,
  • loss,
  • undesirable,
  • hard-fought,
  • fiercely,
  • vile,
  • sour,
  • extravagant,
  • blue,
  • tormented,
  • tremendous,
  • damaging,
  • guilty,
  • lamentable,
  • grim,
  • awful,
  • unsavoury,
  • sorely,
  • Discomfiting,
  • horrible,
  • stormily,
  • tormenter,
  • strained,
  • hefty,
  • burned,
  • unpalatable,
  • enormously,
  • mean,
  • loathe,
  • stern,
  • untoward,
  • zealously,
  • toilsome,
  • meticulous,
  • complex,
  • chilling,
  • humiliating,
  • unutterable,
  • unendurable,
  • complicated,
  • deprivation,
  • effortful,
  • atrocious,
  • awesome,
  • abominate,
  • heavily,
  • worrying,
  • revolting,
  • deplorable,
  • unwelcome,
  • profound,
  • allow,
  • Deteriorated,
  • nauseous,
  • achy,
  • assiduous,
  • endure,
  • immense,
  • repugnant,
  • rough,
  • piteous,
  • painfully,
  • consuming,
  • punishing,
  • sadly,
  • affecting,
  • unpleasing,
  • sharply,
  • chronic,
  • moving,
  • dread,
  • Fatiguing,
  • correctly,
  • awed,
  • difficult,
  • abdicate,
  • back-breaking,
  • unfortunate,
  • punitive,
  • troublous,
  • backbreaking,
  • soul-destroying,
  • warm,
  • exasperating,
  • heartbreaking,
  • Spasmatic,
  • tiring,
  • diligent,
  • fearful,
  • rueful,
  • resign,
  • suffer,
  • vehemently,
  • frightful,
  • woebegone,
  • poorly,
  • strenuous,
  • disease,
  • huge,
  • pitiable,
  • inhumane,
  • amazing,
  • extreme,
  • grotesque,
  • affected,
  • itchy,
  • calamitous,
  • traumatic,
  • Harassing,
  • paroxysmal,
  • have,
  • killing,
  • roughly,
  • depressing,
  • uphill,
  • sharp,
  • displeasing,
  • onerous,
  • terrible,
  • disconcerting,
  • exorbitant,
  • distress,
  • agonized,
  • stringent,
  • hate,
  • agony,
  • unprotected.

Antonyms for Painful:

• adj.

  • all
    painless.
  • arduous
    motivating.
  • awkward
    clever.
  • cruel
    compassionate, uncruel, gentle, merciful, sympathetic, kind, considerate, charitable, thoughtful, feeling.
  • difficult
    plain, manageable, uncomplicated, free.
  • distasteful
    palatable, delectable, delicious.
  • doleful
    elated, joyful, happy, cheerful, glad, gleeful.
  • dolorous
    cheery, hopeful.
  • physically or mentally agonizing
    facile, easy, good, calm, agreeable, pleasing, painless, wonderful, nice, pleasant, friendly, great, helpful, delightful, mild, simple.
  • Other antonyms:
    indolent, remedial, healing, bearable, pleasing, comfortable, comfy, survivable, livable, reasonable, tolerable, allowable, helping, sweet, curative.