painfull
painfull is the archaic spelling of painful.
Meaning of painful
Adjective
painful (comparative painfuller or more painful, superlative painfullest or most painful)
- Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental.
- In a 2008 case report from India, doctors described removing a giant tonsillolith that was making it painful for a young patient to swallow.2009 September 1, Elizabeth Svoboda, “In Tonsils, a Problem the Size of a Pea”, in The New York Times
- Afflicted or suffering with pain (of a body part or, formerly, of a person).
- Requiring effort or labor; difficult, laborious.
- Painstaking; careful; industrious.
- The men bestow their times in fishing, hunting, warres, and such manlike exercises, scorning to be seene in any woman-like exercise, which is the cause that the women be very painefull, and the men often idle.1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, Kupperman, published 1988, page 142
- Very bad, poor.
- His violin playing is painful.
Forms of painfull
| comparative | more painfull |
|---|---|
| superlative | most painfull |
Questions about painfull
- What is painfull the archaic spelling of?
- Painfull is the archaic spelling of painful.
Words near painfull in the dictionary
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