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painy

painy adjective: relating to, having, showing or causing pain.

Adjective

painy (comparative more painy, superlative most painy)

  1. (rare) Relating to, having, showing or causing pain.

Forms of painy

comparativemore painy
superlativemost painy

Origin of painy

From pain + -y.

Words that rhyme with painy

Questions about painy

What does painy mean?
Painy means relating to, having, showing or causing pain.
What part of speech is painy?
Painy is an adjective.

Words near painy in the dictionary

  1. painture
  2. paintures
  3. paintwork
  4. paintworks
  5. painty
  6. painy
  7. paiock
  8. paiocke
  9. Paipai
  10. paipo
  11. pair

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