Main entry: painful, irritating
Definition: causing physical discomfort
Usage: bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful
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
Main entry: painful
Definition: causing physical or psychological pain
Usage: worked with painful slowness
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