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painful meaning in Tamil

வலிக்கும்

/ˈpeɪn.fl̩/

painful in Tamil: வலிக்கும். In English, painful means causing pain or distress, either physical or mental.

Tamil words for painful

வலிக்கும்

English meaning of painful

  1. adjective Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental.
  2. adjective Afflicted or suffering with pain (of a body part or, formerly, of a person).
  3. adjective Requiring effort or labor; difficult, laborious.
  4. adjective Painstaking; careful; industrious.

Full definition of painful

painful in a sentence

  • His violin playing is painful.

Synonyms of painful

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Questions about painful in Tamil

What is the meaning of painful in Tamil?
Painful in Tamil is வலிக்கும்.
painful என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
Painful: வலிக்கும்.
What does painful mean in English?
Painful means causing pain or distress, either physical or mental.

Source and license

Tamil words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “painful”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: painful (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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