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单词 painful
释义
painful
adjective
uk
/ˈpeɪn.fəl/us
/ˈpeɪn.fəl/
B1
causingemotionalorphysicalpain:
令人痛苦的，引起痛苦的
Theoldphotographbroughtback painfulmemories.这张老照片唤起了痛苦的回忆。
A painfulinjuryforcedher towithdrawfrom thegame.伤痛迫使她退出了比赛。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
painful
  • painfulHer ankle was still painful if she put weight on it.
  • soreMy feet are sore from walking around all day.
  • tenderThe glands in my neck feel really tender.
  • sensitiveMy face was bright red and sensitive to the touch.
  • excruciatingHis injury caused excruciating headaches.
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If something is painful towatchorlistento, it is sobadthat it makes youfeelembarrassed:
令人难堪的；讨厌的
It was painful tolistento hispatheticexcuses.听他那些牵强的借口实在让人觉得难受。
More examples
  • anexcruciatinglypainfulinjury
  • After alengthyand painfuldivorce, shevowednever toremarry.
  • She's already had toendurethree painfuloperationson herleg.
  • Thebruisingshouldsoonbecomeless painful.
  • Theargumenthadstirredup some painfulemotions.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Pain & painful
  • -racked
  • ache
  • agonizing
  • be murder onsomethingidiom
  • brain freeze
  • cluster headache
  • dull
  • dully
  • dysmenorrhea
  • excruciating
  • grief
  • neuralgia
  • pang
  • prick
  • rawness
  • sciatic
  • sharpness
  • sting
  • throb
  • tingle
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Saddening, shocking and upsetting
Embarrassing
(Definition ofpainfulfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpainful

painful
To describe pain aspainfulappears to amount to no more than saying that pain is itself.
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Painfulexperiences or forbidden wishes belong to the repressed, and they too are unconscious.
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Her left arm was locked to her side, because her shoulder was extremelypainful.
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Furthermore, some interviewees will not wish to talk aboutpainfulexperiences just for the benefit of a survey interviewer.
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He "burns his body in his head" and is unable to find release from hispainfulself-consciousness even in drink.
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Dislocation of children from their familiar environment, friends, and school adds considerable stress during an alreadypainfulperiod of children's lives.
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The tension becomes internalized, the character engaging inpainfuland destructive soul-searching in an attempt to discover his or her own deficiencies.
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I am conscious of a mixture of pleasurable andpainfulideas, both of which are associated with the weather.
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In species where females are vectors of disease or inflictpainfulbites, it is important to minimize the number of females released.
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Thus, we are pleased when we are able to feel sympathy for thepainfulfeelings of others.
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She was conscious and capable of responding to simple questions or commands, as well as responsive topainfulstimuli.
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Common gynecologic problems resulting from infibulation includepainfulsubcutaneous dermoid cysts and keloid formation along excised tissue edges.
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Not infrequently, there are major side effects of a verypainfulnature.
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In the second scenario, a patient is suffering from fevers, malaise, and apainfulblistering rash after infection with smallpox.
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However, in patients, clotrimazole caused unacceptable dysuria (painfulurination) and hepatocellular toxicity.
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