88 synonyms, 4 definitions, 1 antonym for PAINFUL

81 synonym

#	Word	Frequency	Number of letters	Number of synonyms
1.	abominable	0.71	10 letters	54 synonyms
2.	acrid	0.23	5 letters	39 synonyms
3.	acute	10	5 letters	78 synonyms
4.	afflictive	0.02	10 letters	12 synonyms
5.	agonizing	0.98	9 letters	32 synonyms
6.	austere	1	7 letters	78 synonyms
7.	bad	339	3 letters	125 synonyms
8.	biting	5.89	6 letters	76 synonyms
9.	bitter	16.2	6 letters	89 synonyms
10.	bruised	2.45	7 letters	9 synonyms
11.	burning	31.6	7 letters	124 synonyms
12.	delicate	10.2	8 letters	112 synonyms
13.	depressing	6.76	10 letters	72 synonyms
14.	difficult	117	9 letters	113 synonyms
15.	disagreeable	0.54	12 letters	80 synonyms
16.	dismal	1.82	6 letters	90 synonyms
17.	distasteful	0.98	11 letters	52 synonyms
18.	distressing	1.58	11 letters	87 synonyms
19.	disturbing	11.2	10 letters	75 synonyms
20.	dolefulen.synonym.one	0.08	7 letters	41 synonym
21.	dolorous	0.05	8 letters	18 synonyms
22.	dolourous	0	9 letters	11 synonyms
23.	excruciating	1.15	12 letters	18 synonyms
24.	fierce	8.32	6 letters	98 synonyms
25.	forbidding	1.17	10 letters	57 synonyms
26.	froward	0.03	7 letters	27 synonyms
27.	galling	0.33	7 letters	33 synonyms
28.	grieving	2.82	8 letters	24 synonyms
29.	grievous	1.51	8 letters	69 synonyms
30.	harsh	13.8	5 letters	158 synonyms
31.	hateful	3.31	7 letters	48 synonyms
32.	heavy	91.2	5 letters	174 synonyms
33.	hurtful	2	7 letters	39 synonyms
34.	incompatible	3.02	12 letters	46 synonyms
35.	inflamed	1.38	8 letters	45 synonyms
36.	insufferable	0.62	12 letters	9 synonyms
37.	intense	24.5	7 letters	124 synonyms
38.	irritated	3.16	9 letters	59 synonyms
39.	keen	13.5	4 letters	147 synonyms
40.	laborious	0.63	9 letters	45 synonyms
41.	lame	8.91	4 letters	54 synonyms
42.	mean	339	4 letters	203 synonyms
43.	mournful	0.54	8 letters	49 synonyms
44.	mourning	4.9	8 letters	24 synonyms
45.	obnoxious	2.4	9 letters	47 synonyms
46.	offensive	28.8	9 letters	179 synonyms
47.	onerous	0.83	7 letters	40 synonyms
48.	painstaking	0.85	11 letters	38 synonyms
49.	penetrating	2.14	11 letters	82 synonyms
50.	poignanten.synonym.one	1.86	8 letters	53 synonyms
51.	pungent	0.81	7 letters	68 synonyms
52.	racy	0.66	4 letters	41 synonym
53.	raw	33.9	3 letters	96 synonyms
54.	reserved	15.1	8 letters	119 synonyms
55.	rigourous	0.02	9 letters	71 synonym
56.	sad	69.2	3 letters	86 synonyms
57.	saddening	0.28	9 letters	12 synonyms
58.	sensitive	28.8	9 letters	91 synonym
59.	severe	36.3	6 letters	170 synonyms
60.	sharp	30.2	5 letters	182 synonyms
61.	smart	67.6	5 letters	123 synonyms
62.	snappy	1.02	6 letters	27 synonyms
63.	sore	9.77	4 letters	89 synonyms
64.	sorrowful	0.5	9 letters	53 synonyms
65.	sorrowing	0.05	9 letters	20 synonyms
66.	spicy	6.31	5 letters	41 synonym
67.	stiff	7.94	5 letters	152 synonyms
68.	stinging	1.17	8 letters	42 synonyms
69.	tender	12.3	6 letters	147 synonyms
70.	throbbing	1.32	9 letters	22 synonyms
71.	ticklish	0.42	8 letters	23 synonyms
72.	tormenting	0.48	10 letters	7 synonyms
73.	tortuous	0.45	8 letters	43 synonyms
74.	touchy	1.38	6 letters	56 synonyms
75.	unbearable	2.95	10 letters	12 synonyms
76.	unendurable	0.08	11 letters	14 synonyms
77.	unpalatable	0.36	11 letters	20 synonyms
78.	unpleasant	6.31	10 letters	72 synonyms
79.	upsetting	3.72	9 letters	29 synonyms
80.	vexatious	0.19	9 letters	48 synonyms
81.	violent	28.8	7 letters	77 synonyms

7 synonyms

#	Word	Frequency	Number of letters	Number of synonyms
1.	atrocious	1.38	9 letters	34 synonyms
2.	awful	28.8	5 letters	58 synonyms
3.	dreadful	4.57	8 letters	45 synonyms
4.	horrible	27.5	8 letters	44 synonyms
5.	irritating	4.07	10 letters	39 synonyms
6.	terrible	51.3	8 letters	58 synonyms
7.	unspeakable	1.32	11 letters	25 synonyms

1 antonym

#	Word			Number of letters	Number of antonyms
1.	painless			8 letters	1 antonym

4 definitions

painful (Adjective) —	Causing physical or psychological pain 1 example
	1. ex. "worked with painful slowness"
painful (Adjective) —	Causing misery, pain or distress 1 example
	1. ex. "the painful process of growing up"
painful (Adjective) —	Exceptionally bad or displeasing 1 example
	1. ex. "a painful performance"
painful (Adjective) —	Causing physical discomfort 1 example
	1. ex. "bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful"

Similar words

— aching	— achy	— agonised	— agonising
— agonized	— agonizing	— bad	— biting
— bitter	— chafed	— excruciating	— galled
— harmful	— harrowing	— inhumane	— itchy
— pamphlet	— panoply	— pimple	— poignant
— racking	— raw	— saddle-sore	— sensitive
— sore	— tender	— torturesome	— torturing
— torturous	— traumatic	— uncomfortable	— unpleasant
— wrenching

13 misspelling

ainful paainful paiinful paimful painfful painfu painfull painfuul painnful painphul paniful pianful ppainful

With the same beginning

painful sensation painfully painfulness

With the same ending

gainful disdainful unpainful

All synonyms in one line

abominable, acrid, acute, afflictive, agonizing, en.synonym.one, austere, bad, biting, bitter, bruised, burning, delicate, depressing, difficult, disagreeable, dismal, distasteful, distressing, disturbing, doleful, dolorous, dolourous, excruciating, fierce, forbidding, en.synonym.one, froward, galling, grieving, grievous, harsh, hateful, heavy, hurtful, incompatible, inflamed, insufferable, intense, irritated, keen, laborious, lame, mean, mournful, mourning, obnoxious, offensive, onerous, painstaking, penetrating, poignant, en.synonym.one, pungent, racy, raw, reserved, rigourous, sad, saddening, sensitive, severe, sharp, smart, snappy, sore, sorrowful, sorrowing, spicy, stiff, stinging, tender, throbbing, ticklish, tormenting, tortuous, touchy, unbearable, unendurable, unpalatable, unpleasant, upsetting, vexatious, violent, atrocious, awful, dreadful, horrible, irritating, en.synonym.one, terrible, unspeakable.

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Synonyms, painful antonyms, definition Painful

1. painful (a)

2. painful (Adjective)