Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - painful
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Painful
painful
~ adj 1 making you feel very upset, or very difficult and unpleasant for you (be painful for sb (to do sth)) (It's still painful for her to talk about the divorce. | painful memories/experience) (Hearing about the war again brings back painful memories for many people. | painful decision/choice/task etc) (Wendy took the painful decision to switch off their son's life support system. | painful to watch/hear etc) (It was painful to hear those words.) 2 if part of your body is painful, you feel pain in it (My leg's still really painful.) 3 causing physical pain (painful cosmetic surgery | Brynner's excruciatingly painful death from cancer.) 4 very bad and embarrassing for other people to watch, hear etc (The poor script and bad acting make the film painful to watch. | the boy's painful shyness) - painfulness n
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Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If a part of your body is painful, it hurts because it is injured or because there is something wrong with it. Her glands were swollen and painful... ADJ: oft ADJ to-inf • painfully His tooth had started to throb painfully again. ADV: ADV with v 2. If something such as an illness, injury, or operation is painful, it causes you a lot of physical pain. ...a painful back injury... ADJ • painfully He cracked his head painfully against the cupboard. ADV: ADV with v 3. Situations, memories, or experiences that are painful are difficult and unpleasant to deal with, and often make you feel sad and upset. Remarks like that brought back painful memories... She finds it too painful to return there without him. ADJ: oft ADJ to-inf • painfully ...their old relationship, which he had painfully broken off. ADV: ADV with v 4. If a performance or interview is painful, it is so bad that it makes you feel embarrassed for the people taking part in it. (INFORMAL) The interview was painful to watch. ADJ: oft ADJ to-inf ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective (~ler; ~lest) Date: 14th century 1. a. feeling or giving pain a ~ injury b. irksome, annoying 2. requiring effort or exertion a long ~ trip 3. archaic careful, diligent • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 causing bodily or mental pain or distress. 2 (esp. of part of the body) suffering pain. 3 causing trouble or difficulty; laborious (a painful climb). Derivatives painfully adv. painfulness n. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. причиняющий боль, болезненный painful tooth —- больной зуб painful treatment —- болезненное лечение to be painful —- болеть, причинять боль I find walking painful —- мне больно ходить my knee was getting —- у меня разболелось колено 2. мучительный, тягостный painful problem —- больной вопрос painful news —- неприятная новость painful necessity —- тяжелая (неприятная) необходимость it is painful to see them —- на них больно (тяжело) смотреть 3. (в высшей степени) неприятный long and painful trip —- долгое и нудное путешествие ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adj. 1) причиняющий боль, болезненный; His glands were swollen and painful 2) тягостный, мучительный, тяжелый; Remarks like that brought back painful memories. - painful problem 3) неприятный; It was a joint interview with the BBC and ITV and was painful both to watch and to listen to. - painful surprise PAINFUL problem наболевший вопрос; PAINFUL surprise неприятная неожиданность; ...Англо-русский словарь
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