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painful

painful

Meaning of painful

English

causing physical or emotional pain

Русский

вызывающий боль, страдание или сильный душевный дискомфорт

painful

Pronunciation

British English
/ˈpeɪnfʊl/
American English
/ˈpeɪnfəl/

painful with Russian translation

Сочетания и примеры со словом painful

Типичные сочетания сгруппированы по смыслу. Зелёные слова можно открыть отдельно, чтобы продолжить изучение.

9 сочетаний

Физическая боль

Physical pain
a painful injury
болезненная травма

A painful injury kept our goalkeeper off the field for a month.

Из-за болезненной травмы наш вратарь месяц не выходил на поле.

painful to touch
больно трогать

My knee is still swollen and painful to touch after the fall.

Колено после падения всё ещё опухшее, и его больно трогать.

  • Is it painful?Больно?
  • a painful bruiseболезненный синяк

Тяжёлые переживания

Hard to live through
a painful decision
мучительное решение

Selling our childhood home was a painful decision for the whole family.

Продать дом, где мы выросли, было мучительным решением для всей семьи.

painful to watch
больно смотреть

Their awkward first date was painful to watch.

На их неловкое первое свидание было больно смотреть.

  • a painful memoryтяжёлое воспоминание
  • a painful experienceтяжёлый опыт
  • a painful lessonгорький урок

painful usage examples

🇬🇧English→🇷🇺Russian

The surgery was painful, but it helped.

Операция была болезненной, но она помогла.

🇬🇧English→🇷🇺Russian

It was painful to say goodbye.

Было болезненно прощаться.

painful synonyms

Related word breakdowns

What's the difference between painful, sore, hurtful, and agonizing

S
🇬🇧English
sore

aching, about a body part: a sore throat

very often

ENMy throat is sore today.

Advanced: broader words

H
🇬🇧English
hurtful

emotionally wounding, about words or actions

often

ENHis hurtful words made her cry.

A
🇬🇧English
agonizing

extremely painful, long-lasting

rare word

ENThe wait for the test results was agonizing.

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Questions about this word

What does painful mean?

causing physical or emotional pain

How do you pronounce painful?

painful is pronounced [ˈpeɪnfʊl].

How is painful used in a sentence?

Операция была болезненной, но она помогла. Translation: The surgery was painful, but it helped.

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