Main entry: painful
Definition: causing physical or psychological pain
Usage: worked with painful slowness
Antonyms: painless
Definition: not causing physical or psychological pain
Antonyms: tough
Definition: resistant to cutting or chewing
Definition: physically toughened
Antonyms: tough
Definition: not given to gentleness or sentimentality
Antonyms: insensitive
Definition: not responsive to physical stimuli
Antonyms: insensitive
Definition: deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive
Antonyms: cooked
Definition: having been prepared for eating by the application of heat
Main entry: abominable, atrocious, awful, unspeakable, painful, terrible, dreadful
Definition: exceptionally bad or displeasing
Usage: atrocious taste; abominable workmanship; an awful voice; dreadful manners; a painful performance; terrible handwriting; an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room
Definition: that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
Antonyms: good
Definition: having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
Main entry: painful, irritating
Definition: causing physical discomfort
Usage: bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful
Antonyms: comfortable, comfy
Definition: providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal)
Antonyms: comfortable
Definition: free from stress or conducive to mental ease; having or affording peace of mind
Main entry: sore, painful, afflictive
Definition: causing misery or pain or distress
Usage: it was a sore trial to him; the painful process of growing up
Antonyms: pleasant
Definition: affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings