painful
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
causing physical or psychological pain
worked with painful slowness
Related & opposite
- harmful also see
- inhumane also see
- painless antonym
- distressingness derivation
- painfulness derivation
- aching similar to
- agonized similar to
- torturing similar to
- biting similar to
- chafed similar to
- poignant similar to
- itchy similar to
- racking similar to
- saddle-sore similar to
- sore similar to
- traumatic similar to
Sense 2 adjective
causing misery or pain or distress
it was a sore trial to him
Related & opposite
- painfulness derivation
- discomfort derivation
- afflict derivation
- afflict derivation
- unpleasant similar to
Sense 3 adjective
exceptionally bad or displeasing
atrocious taste
Related & opposite
Sense 4 adjective
causing physical discomfort
bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful
Related & opposite
- distressingness derivation
- uncomfortable similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | harmful |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | inhumane |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | painless |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | distressingness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | painfulness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | aching |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | agonized |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | torturing |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | biting |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | chafed |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | poignant |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | itchy |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | racking |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | saddle-sore |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | sore |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | traumatic |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | painfulness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | discomfort |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | afflict |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | afflict |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unpleasant |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | awfulness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | bad |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | distressingness |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | uncomfortable |