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

  • (..) Po, the day you were chosen as Dragon Warrior was the worst day of my life. By far. Nothing else came close. It was the worst, most painful, mind-destroying, horrible moment... - OK. ...I have ever experienced. But once I realised the problem was not you, but within me, (..)
    2011 Kung Fu Panda 2