Thesaurus:painful

Thesaurus

painful

English

Adjective

Sense: experiencing pain

Synonyms

• achesome
• aching
• achy
• hurt    [⇒ thesaurus]
• hurty (often childish)
• griefful (archaic)
• pained
• painfilled
• painful
• smartful (obsolete)
• smarting
• sore
• suffering
• tender
• tormented

Antonyms

• acheless
• agreeable    [⇒ thesaurus]
• pain-free
• painless
• pleasant    [⇒ thesaurus]
• unaching

Hyponyms

• agonized    [⇒ thesaurus]
• recrudescent (archaic)
• splitting

See also

• Thesaurus:agonizing (causing pain)

Further reading

• “378. physical pain” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “painful” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.