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painful:
- peinlich; genant; unangenhem; schmerzlich; schmerzhaft; bedrängt; bedauerlich; bedauernswert
Wiktionary:
- painful → schmerzhaft, schmerzvoll, dolent
- painful → schmerzend, mühsam, schrecklich, mühselig, mühevoll, beschwerlich

English

Detailed Translations for painful from English to German

painful:

painful adj

painful (embarrassing)
peinlich; genant; unangenhem
- peinlich adj
- genant adj
- unangenhem adj
painful (awkward; grievous; full of sadness; pained)
schmerzlich; schmerzhaft
- schmerzlich adj
- schmerzhaft adj
painful (critical; precarious; worrisome; awkward; perilous; review; hard)
bedrängt
- bedrängt adj
painful (grievous; pained; saddened; full of sadness)
bedauerlich; schmerzlich; bedauernswert
- bedauerlich adj
- schmerzlich adj
- bedauernswert adj

Translation Matrix for painful:

Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	abominable; afflictive; atrocious; awful; dreadful; irritating; sore; terrible; unspeakable
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	awkward
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
bedauerlich	full of sadness; grievous; pained; painful; saddened	a pity; a shame; full of sadness; grievous; pained; saddened; unfortunately
bedauernswert	full of sadness; grievous; pained; painful; saddened	deplorable; full of sadness; grievous; pained; pitiable; pitiful; saddened; unfortunately; woeful
bedrängt	awkward; critical; hard; painful; perilous; precarious; review; worrisome	clamped down; clasped; close; muggy; musty; oppressed; oppressive; stale; stifling; stuck; stuffy; sultry; sweltering; wedged
genant	embarrassing; painful	awkward; embarrassing
peinlich	embarrassing; painful	awkward; critical; delicate; embarrassing; perilous; precarious; touchy
schmerzhaft	awkward; full of sadness; grievous; pained; painful	injurious; insulting; offending; offensive
schmerzlich	awkward; full of sadness; grievous; pained; painful; saddened	injurious; insulting; offending; offensive
unangenhem	embarrassing; painful

Related Words for "painful":

painfulness, painfully

Synonyms for "painful":

aching; achy; agonized; agonised; agonizing; agonising; excruciating; harrowing; torturing; torturous; torturesome; biting; bitter; burning; chafed; galled; poignant; itchy; prickling; stinging; tingling; racking; wrenching; saddle-sore; sensitive; sore; raw; tender; traumatic; harmful; inhumane
afflictive; sore; unpleasant
atrocious; abominable; awful; dreadful; terrible; unspeakable; bad
irritating; uncomfortable

Antonyms for "painful":

painless

Related Definitions for "painful":

causing physical discomfort¹
- bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful¹
exceptionally bad or displeasing¹
- a painful performance¹
causing physical or psychological pain¹
- worked with painful slowness¹
causing misery or pain or distress¹
- the painful process of growing up¹

Wiktionary Translations for painful:

painful

adjective

causing pain
- painful → schmerzhaft

painful

adjective

körperliches Leid aufzeigend, verursachend; mit (physiologischem) Schmerz verbunden
- schmerzvoll → painful
seelisches Leid aufzeigend, verursachend; mit (psychischem) Schmerz verbunden
- schmerzvoll → painful
Schmerzen bereitend, mit Schmerzen verbunden
- schmerzhaft → painful
Medizin: schmerzhaft
- dolent → painful

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• painful	→ schmerzend	↔ pijnlijk — pijn gevend
• painful	→ mühsam; schrecklich; mühselig; mühevoll; beschwerlich	↔ pénible — Qui se fait avec peine, qui donne de la peine, de la fatigue.

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