painful - Meaning in Kannada

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painful - Meaning in Kannada

painful Word Forms & Inflections

Definitions and Meaning of painful in English

painful adjective

1. causing physical discomfort

   Synonyms

   irritating

   ದುಃಖದ, ದುಃಖದಂತ, ದುಃಖದಂತಹ, ನೋವಿನ, ನೋವಿನಂತ, ನೋವಿನಂತಹ, ಯಾತನೆಯ, ಯಾತನೆಯಂತ, ಯಾತನೆಯಂತಹ

   Example

   • "bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful"
2. exceptionally bad or displeasing

   Synonyms

   abominable, atrocious, awful, dreadful, terrible, unspeakable

   Examples

   • "a painful performance"
   • "abominable workmanship"
   • "an awful voice"
   • "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
   • "atrocious taste"
   • "dreadful manners"
   • "terrible handwriting"
3. causing physical or psychological pain

   Example

   • "worked with painful slowness"
4. causing misery or pain or distress

   Synonyms

   afflictive, sore

   Examples

   • "it was a sore trial to him"
   • "the painful process of growing up"

Synonyms of painful

• irritating
• abominable, atrocious, awful, dreadful, terrible, unspeakable
• afflictive, sore

Antonyms of painful

painless

Description

Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli. The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage."

Also see "Pain" on Wikipedia

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