| Main Entry: | painful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | physically or mentally agonizing |
Synonyms: |
aching, afflictive, agonizing, arduous, awful, biting, burning, caustic, difficult, dire, disagreeable, distasteful, distressing, dreadful, excruciating, extreme, extremely bad, grievous, hard, harrowing, hurtful, hurting, inflamed, irritated, laborious, piercing, raw, saddening, sensitive, severe, sharp, smarting, sore, stinging, tedious, tender, terrible, throbbing, tormenting, troublesome, trying, uncomfortable, unpleasant, vexatious |
Antonyms: |
delightful, easy, painless, pleasant |
| Main Entry: | nagging |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | painful |
Synonyms: |
aching, achy, afflictive, agonizing, arduous, awful, biting, burning, caustic, difficult, dire, disagreeable, distasteful, distressing, dreadful, excruciating, extreme, extremely bad, grievous, hard, harrowing, hurtful, hurting, inflamed, irritated, laborious, piercing, raw, saddening, sensitive, severe, sharp, smarting, sore, stinging, tedious, tender, terrible, throbbing, tormenting, troublesome, trying, uncomfortable, unpleasant, vexatious |
| Main Entry: | smarting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | painful |
Synonyms: |
aching, achy, afflictive, agonizing, arduous, awful*, biting, burning, caustic, difficult, dire, disagreeable, distasteful, distressing, dreadful, excruciating, extreme, extremely bad, grievous, hard, harrowing, hurtful, hurting, inflamed, irritated, laborious, nagging, piercing, raw, saddening, sensitive, severe, sharp, sore, stinging, tedious, tender, terrible, throbbing, tormenting, troublesome, trying, uncomfortable, unpleasant, vexatious |