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Definition of: painful
(pān′fəl) adjective
1. Giving or attended with pain; distressing.
2. Requiring labor, effort, or care; arduous.
3. Affected with pain: said of the body or of some part of it.
4. Archaic Painstaking; laborious. See synonyms under TROUBLESOME.
—pain′ful·ly adverb
—pain′ful·ness noun
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