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English to English adjective
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causing physical or psychological pain |  | Example: worked with painful slowness
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Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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causing misery or pain or distress | | Example: it was a sore trial to him
the painful process of growing up
source: wordnet30
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exceptionally bad or displeasing | | Example: atrocious taste
abominable workmanship
an awful voice
dreadful manners
a painful performance
terrible handwriting
an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room
source: wordnet30
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causing physical discomfort | | Example: bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful
source: wordnet30
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