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  • painful :causing physical or psychological pain
    • worked with painful slowness

  • painful :causing misery or pain or distress
    • it was a sore trial to him
    • the painful process of growing up

  • painful :exceptionally bad or displeasing
    • atrocious taste
    • abominable workmanship
    • an awful voice
    • dreadful manners
    • a painful performance
    • terrible handwriting
    • an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room

  • painful :causing physical discomfort
    • bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful

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