painful | Definition of painful

Synonyms and Antonyms of painful

1 causing or feeling bodily pain

a very painful toothache

her broken arm was too painful for her to go on the trip

Synonyms of painful

aching, achy, afflictive, hurting, nasty, sore

Words Related to painful

agonizing, excruciating, torturous

damaging, deleterious, detrimental, harmful, hurtful, injurious, noxious, pernicious

bleeding, burning, chafing, cramping, festering

itching, nagging, pinching, pricking, prickling, smarting, stinging

inflamed (also enflamed), swollen

grievous, severe, threatening, wounding

Near Antonyms of painful

curative, healing, helping, remedial

Antonyms of painful

indolent, painless

2 hard to accept or bear especially emotionally

it's been very painful to accept that my father is gone forever

Synonyms of painful

afflicting, agonizing, bitter, cruel, excruciating, galling, grievous, harrowing, harsh, heartrending, hurtful, tormenting, torturous

Words Related to painful

insufferable, insupportable, intolerable, unacceptable, unbearable, unendurable, unsupportable

appalling, awful, bad, dire, dreadful, ghastly, horrible, miserable, nasty, rotten, severe, terrible, vile, wretched

acute, extreme, intense, piercing

Near Antonyms of painful

bearable, endurable, supportable, sustainable, tolerable

livable (also liveable), sufferable, survivable

acceptable, allowable, reasonable

Antonyms of painful

gratifying, pleasing, sweet