painless
painless adjective: free from pain; without pain or trouble.
Adjective
painless (comparative more painless, superlative most painless)
- Free from pain; without pain or trouble.
- There are now washless dishes, painless razors, painless shoes, painless corsets, prepared soups, painless photographs (it used to give you a stiff neck for three days to have your picture taken)[…]1924, Don Herold, So Human, page 40
- Not difficult; easy.
- At first it seemed like a very painless way to get my work done and I told Milly to let me sleepwrite as much as I liked. We discovered, however, that although my subconscious might lead me to the typewriter, it couldn't make me think.1952, Morris McNeil Musselman, Second Honeymoon, page 5
painless meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
painless in Hindi
- दर्द रहित, दर्दहीन
painless in Tamil
- வலியற்ற, வேதனையற்ற, நோவு அற்ற
painless in Marathi
- वेदनारहित, वेदनाहीन
painless in Urdu
- آسان, بلادرد
More languagesFewer languages
- painless in Bengali
- ব্যথাহীন
- painless in Telugu
- నొప్పిలేనిది
- painless in Malayalam
- വേദനയില്ലാത്ത, വ്യഥയില്ലാത്ത
- painless in Kannada
- ನೋವುರಹಿತ, ನೋವುರಹಿತವಾಗಿದೆ, ನೋವುರಹಿತವಾದದ್ದು
- painless in Punjabi
- ਦਰਦ ਰਹਿਤ, ਦਰਦ-ਰਹਿਤ
- painless in Gujarati
- પીડારહિત, પીડારહીત, પીડા વિનાનું
- painless in Odia
- ଯନ୍ତ୍ରଣାହୀନ, ଯନ୍ତ୍ରଣାବିହୀନ
- painless in Nepali
- पीडाविहीन
- painless in Arabic
- غَيْر مُؤْلِم ḡayr muʔlim
Antonyms of painless
Forms of painless
| comparative | more painless |
|---|---|
| superlative | most painless |
Origin of painless
From Middle English paynles, peynlees, equivalent to pain + -less. Compare West Frisian pynleas (“painless”), Dutch pijnloos (“painless”).
Words formed from painless
Questions about painless
- What does painless mean?
- Painless means free from pain; without pain or trouble.
- What is painless in Hindi?
- Painless in Hindi is दर्द रहित, दर्दहीन. See Painless meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is painless?
- Painless is an adjective.
Words near painless in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: painless (page history and authors); painless (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); painless (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); painless (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); painless (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); painless (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); painless (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); painless (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); painless (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); painless (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); painless (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); painless (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); painless (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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