Definition of Painful

Adjective

  • causing physical discomfort
    "bites of black flies are more than irritating
    they can be very painful"
  • 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"
  • causing misery or pain or distress
    "it was a sore trial to him"
    "the painful process of growing up"
  • causing physical or psychological pain
    "worked with painful slowness"
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Word games points for the Painful

  • Scrabble® score of the painful (12)
  • Word Chums® score of the painful (16)
  • Words With Friends® score of the painful (16)

Unscramble painful

86 unscramble word found using the letters painful.
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