painful

Definition

  • adjective: causing pain to your body
  • adjective: feeling or giving pain
  • synonyms: toilsome, distressing, disquieting

Examples

  • They made it 'painfully' obvious/clear that we were not welcome. [=they made it very clear in a way that was rude or upsetting that we were not welcome]

  • His ankle is swollen and 'painful to the touch'. [=his ankle hurts if he touches it]

  • After the injury she was 'painfully' aware that her career in tennis would be over.

Movie quotes

  • (..) didn't realize that they succeeded. If it really is CPH, in this quantity, I'm amaze you're still alive. Not for long. Learning is always a painful process. Like when you're little, your bones are growing and you ached all over. Can you believe I can remember the sound of my own bones growing? (..)
    2014 Lucy