painful

Adjective

Synonyms: afflictive sore atrocious abominable awful dreadful terrible unspeakable irritating

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (4)

causing physical or psychological pain“worked with painful slowness”
causing misery or pain or distress“it was a sore trial to him”“the painful process of growing up”Synonyms: afflictive sore
exceptionally bad or displeasing“atrocious taste”“abominable workmanship”“an awful voice”“dreadful manners”“a painful performance”“terrible handwriting”“an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room”Synonyms: atrocious abominable awful dreadful terrible unspeakable
causing physical discomfort“bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful”Synonyms: irritating

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Painful \Pain"ful\, a.

1.Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

2.Requiring labor or toil; difficult; executed with laborious effort; as a painful service; a painful march. [1913 Webster]

3.Painstaking; careful; industrious. [Obs.] --Fuller. [1913 Webster]

A very painful person, and a great clerk.— Jer. Taylor.[1913 Webster]

Nor must the painful husbandman be tired.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

Syn: Disquieting; troublesome; afflictive; distressing; grievous; laborious; toilsome; difficult; arduous. [1913 Webster] -- Pain"ful*ly, adv. -- Pain"ful*ness, n. [1913 Webster]