painful

• Вызывающий физическую или эмоциональную боль; неприятный или труднопереносимый.

Causing physical or emotional pain; unpleasant or difficult to endure.

1. Causing physical painA2formal

   Causing or characterized by physical discomfort or suffering.

   Болезненный

   • The wound was very painful and required treatment.
   • She had a painful headache after the long flight.
   • The injection was painful but only for a moment.

   Synonymsachingagonizingexcruciatinggrievoushurtingsmartingsorestingingtenderthrobbing

   Antonymscomfortablepainlesssoothing

2. Causing emotional distressB1formal

   Causing mental or emotional suffering.

   Болезненный

   • The breakup was a painful experience for him.
   • It was painful to watch her struggle with the loss.
   • The memory of the accident remains painful.

   Synonymsagonizingdistressingexcruciatinggrievousharrowinghurtfulsadtraumaticupsetting

   Antonymscomfortingconsolingreassuringsoothinguplifting

3. Unpleasant or difficultB1informal

   Very unpleasant, difficult, or awkward.

   Мучительный

   • The meeting was painful because of all the arguments.
   • Listening to his off-key singing was painful.
   • The process of filling out the forms was painfully slow.

   Synonymsagonizingbitterdifficultdistressinggrievousharrowingharshseveretryingunpleasant

   Antonymsagreeablecomfortabledelightfuleasyenjoyablepleasant