Definition for Painful:

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

Synonyms for Painful:

• adj.

  •arduous (adjective)
  • backbreaking,
  • rigorous,
  • taxing,
  • tiring,
  • Fatiguing,
  • grueling,
  • heavy,
  • burdensome,
  • uphill,
  • tough,
  • labored,
  • harsh,
  • punishing,
  • toilsome,
  • strenuous,
  • exhausting,
  • rough,
  • formidable.
  •awkward (adjective)
  • ticklish,
  • delicate,
  • thorny.
  •bad (adjective)
  • intense,
  • grave,
  • serious,
  • disastrous.
  •burning (adjective)
  • tingling,
  • irritating,
  • pungent.
  •cruel (adjective)
  • fierce,
  • merciless,
  • poignant,
  • atrocious,
  • bitter,
  • virulent,
  • wicked,
  • monstrous.
  •difficult (adjective)
  • demanding,
  • immense,
  • exacting,
  • problematic,
  • stiff,
  • wearisome,
  • galling,
  • intricate,
  • bothersome,
  • effortful,
  • Operose.
  •distasteful (adjective)
  • obnoxious,
  • unappetizing,
  • nauseous,
  • abominable,
  • offensive,
  • detestable,
  • displeasing,
  • unsavory,
  • odious,
  • repugnant,
  • uninviting,
  • abhorrent,
  • objectionable,
  • undesirable,
  • loathsome.
  •doleful (adjective)
  • lamentable,
  • melancholy,
  • woebegone,
  • doleful,
  • dreary,
  • woeful,
  • wretched,
  • rueful.
  •dolorous (adjective)
  • calamitous,
  • deplorable.
  •galling (adjective)
  • Harassing.
  •hard (adjective)
  • stern.
  •painful (adjective)
  • disagreeable,
  • withering,
  • aching,
  • cutting,
  • annoying,
  • wrenching,
  • unpleasant,
  • trying,
  • distressful,
  • unbearable,
  • acute,
  • crushing,
  • smarting,
  • aggravating,
  • hurtful,
  • stabbing,
  • Gnawing,
  • excruciating,
  • severe,
  • horrendous,
  • chafing,
  • miserable,
  • Cramping,
  • oppressive,
  • Besetting,
  • tormenting,
  • torturing,
  • grievous,
  • inflaming,
  • agonizing,
  • Irksome,
  • stinging,
  • throbbing,
  • biting,
  • uncomfortable.
  •physically or mentally agonizing (adjective)
  • hurting,
  • extreme,
  • caustic,
  • dire,
  • raw,
  • laborious,
  • sharp,
  • tedious,
  • vexatious,
  • saddening,
  • extremely bad,
  • irritated.

• n.

  •
  • sad,
  • worrying.
  •
  • guilty,
  • pain.
  •
  • like.
  •painful (noun)
  • agonized,
  • agonising,
  • bad,
  • afflictive,
  • achy,
  • torturesome,
  • tender,
  • unspeakable,
  • racking,
  • terrible,
  • awful,
  • chafed,
  • dreadful,
  • agonised,
  • galled,
  • torturous.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • melting,
  • sadly,
  • cheerless,
  • pitiable,
  • affecting,
  • unhappy,
  • shameful,
  • ignominious,
  • heartbreaking,
  • unfortunate,
  • humiliating,
  • nagging,
  • regrettable,
  • grim,
  • mournful,
  • shattering,
  • depressing,
  • disheartening,
  • soul-destroying,
  • undignified,
  • piteous,
  • moody.
  •
  • embarrassed,
  • pathetic,
  • touching,
  • pitiful,
  • dreaded,
  • dismal,
  • indigestible.
  •
  • unpalatable,
  • dark,
  • embarrassing.
  •
  • black.
  •congested
  • inflamed.
  •exhausting
  • nerve-racking.
  •insufferable
  • insupportable.
  •sore
  • lame.

Paraphrases for Painful:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    difficult, painless, dreadful, dire, excruciating, terrible, annoying, complicated, lamentable, disgraceful, challenging, severe, cruel, regrettable, awful, nasty, grim, shameful, harmful, misery, shocking, damaging, troubled, horrible, disastrous, problematic, distressed, unattractive, daunting, sensitive, serious, dramatic, dismal, horrendous.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    distressing, embarrassing, agonizing, harrowing, unpleasant, bitter, laborious, painstaking, poignant, hurtful, sorrowful, sad, traumatic, uncomfortable, arduous, sore, grievous, stressful, pitiful, tragic, tough, distasteful, disagreeable, frustrating, harsh, burdensome, unfortunate, appalling, tedious, woeful, onerous, troubling, strenuous, saddening, upsetting, inconvenient, tiresome, cumbersome, miserable, pathetic, acrimonious, awkward, galling, troublesome, pain, ugly, disturbing, heavy-handed, tortuous, devastating, depressing, deplorable, thorny, time-consuming, uphill.
  • Proper noun, singular
    pain.

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
    easy, agreeable, helpful, delightful, wonderful, mild, calm, great, pleasant, facile, simple, friendly, nice, good.
  • Other antonyms:
    indolent, remedial, healing, bearable, pleasing, comfortable, comfy, survivable, livable, reasonable, tolerable, allowable, helping, sweet, curative.