Exact Match:
- painful
- causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness"
Synonyms:
- Herculean,
- aching,
- achy,
- acute,
- affecting,
- afflictive,
- aggravating,
- agonizing,
- algetic,
- annoying,
- arduous,
- assiduous,
- atrocious,
- backbreaking,
- besetting,
- biting,
- bitter,
- bleak,
- bothersome,
- burdensome,
- burning,
- careful,
- cheerless,
- comfortless,
- conscientious,
- cramping,
- cruel,
- crushing,
- demanding,
- deplorable,
- depressing,
- depressive,
- detailed,
- diligent,
- discomforting,
- dismal,
- dismaying,
- disquieting,
- distasteful,
- distressful,
- distressing,
- disturbing,
- dolorific,
- dolorogenic,
- dolorous,
- dreary,
- earnest,
- effortful,
- exacting,
- exasperating,
- excruciating,
- forced,
- galling,
- gnawing,
- grave,
- grievous,
- griping,
- grueling,
- harassing,
- hard,
- hard-earned,
- hard-fought,
- harrowing,
- harsh,
- heavy,
- hefty,
- hurtful,
- hurting,
- irksome,
- irritating,
- joyless,
- killing,
- labored,
- laborious,
- lamentable,
- meticulous,
- mournful,
- moving,
- onerous,
- operose,
- oppressive,
- painstaking,
- paroxysmal,
- pathetic,
- piercing,
- piteous,
- pitiable,
- plaguey,
- poignant,
- pungent,
- punishing,
- racking,
- raw,
- regrettable,
- rigorous,
- rueful,
- sad,
- saddening,
- scrupulous,
- sedulous,
- sensitive,
- severe,
- sharp,
- shooting,
- smarting,
- sore,
- sorrowful,
- spasmatic,
- spasmic,
- spasmodic,
- stabbing,
- stinging,
- strained,
- strenuous,
- tender,
- thorough,
- thoroughgoing,
- throbbing,
- toilsome,
- tormenting,
- torturous,
- touching,
- tough,
- troublesome,
- troubling,
- trying,
- unappetizing,
- uncomfortable,
- unpalatable,
- unpleasant,
- unsavory,
- uphill,
- vexatious,
- vexing,
- wearisome,
- woebegone,
- woeful,
- worrisome,
- worrying,
- wretched