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

  • (..) and you've said almost nothing. What have i done to you? To me? You've changed, Bologa. I don't recognise you anymore. I have this painful feeling that something has broke between us. Something has broken inside me first. But maybe i still have something left... My mother... home. (..)
    1965 Forest of the Hanged