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painsome

painsome adjective: indicating or marked by pain; painful.

Adjective

painsome (comparative more painsome, superlative most painsome)

  1. Indicating or marked by pain; painful
    • 'If thou dost avow that thou art Augur to the Suitors, then often in prayer must thou have sugared my destruction, and desired my wife for thine own; wherefore thou shalt not escape the painsome bed of death.'1858, W.E. Gladstone, Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age
    • The sacrifice wasn't all that painsome as they dined alone on fancy French grub served on Sterling silver atop Irish linen with her hired help running back and forth from the kitchen.2001, Tabor Evans, Longarm 270

Examples of painsome in a sentence

  • Its painsome that majority of us do not recognize these valuable medicinal plants and are unknown about their therapeutic uses.2003, Environment, Pollution and Management:
  • The boss would make the painsome itching go away.2005, Tabor Evans, Longarm Giant 24:

Forms of painsome

comparativemore painsome
superlativemost painsome

Origin of painsome

From pain + -some. Compare hurtsome.

Questions about painsome

What does painsome mean?
Painsome means indicating or marked by pain; painful.
How do you use painsome in a sentence?
Its painsome that majority of us do not recognize these valuable medicinal plants and are unknown about their therapeutic uses.
What part of speech is painsome?
Painsome is an adjective.

Words near painsome in the dictionary

  1. painshare
  2. painsharing
  3. Painshawfield
  4. painslut
  5. painsluts
  6. painsome
  7. painsomnia
  8. painsong
  9. painsongs
  10. painstaken
  11. painstakenly

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