painful

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• /ˈpeɪn.fl̩/
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From Middle English paynful, peinful, peynful, paynefull, peynefull, equivalent to pain + -ful. Compare Danish pinefuld (“painful”).

134 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أَلِيم (ʔalīm) — causing pain
• Arabic: مُؤْلِم (muʔlim) — causing pain
• Arabic: مُوجِع (mūjiʕ) — causing pain
• Belarusian: балю́чы (baljúčy) — causing pain
• Central Bikol: makulog — causing pain
• Bulgarian: боле́знен (boléznen) — causing pain
• Bulgarian: мъчи́телен (mǎčítelen) — causing pain
• Bulgarian: бо́лен (bólen) — causing pain
• Catalan: dolorós — causing pain
• Chinese Mandarin: 痛苦的 (tòngkǔ de) — causing pain
• Chinese Mandarin: 疼痛的 (téngtòng de) — causing pain
• Czech: bolestivý — causing pain
• Czech: bolavý — causing pain
• Czech: bolestný — causing pain
• Danish: smertefuld — causing pain
• Danish: smertelig — causing pain
• Esperanto: dolora — causing pain
• Finnish: kivulias — causing pain
• Finnish: tuskallinen — causing pain
• French: douloureux — causing pain
• Galician: doloroso — causing pain
• Georgian: მტკივნეული (mṭḳivneuli) — causing pain
• German: schmerzhaft — causing pain
• Greek: επώδυνος (epódynos) — causing pain
• Greek: οδυνηρός (odynirós) — causing pain
• Greek: λυπηρός (lypirós) — causing pain
• Ancient Greek: ἐπώδυνος (epṓdunos) — causing pain
• Ancient Greek: ὀδυνηρός (odunērós) — causing pain
• Ancient Greek: λυπηρός (lupērós) — causing pain
• Mbya Guarani: axy — causing pain
• Hawaiian: ʻeha — causing pain
• Hindi: दुखदायी (dukhdāyī) — causing pain
• Hindi: दुखद (dukhad) — causing pain
• Hindi: दुखदायक (dukhdāyak) — causing pain
• Hungarian: fájdalmas — causing pain
• Ingrian: vaivakas — causing pain
• Irish: pianmhar — causing pain
• Irish: pianúil — causing pain
• Irish: pianach — causing pain
• Irish: piantach — causing pain
• Irish: piantúil — causing pain
• Irish: léanmhar — causing pain
• Italian: doloroso — causing pain
• Japanese: 痛い (itai) — causing pain
• Japanese: 痛みの伴う (itami no tomonau) — causing pain
• Korean: 아프다 (apeuda) — causing pain
• Lithuanian: skausmingas — causing pain
• Macedonian: болен (bolen) — causing pain
• Māori: tārū — causing pain
• Māori: tārūrū — causing pain
• Māori: hīrawerawe — causing pain
• Māori: pāwera — causing pain
• Māori: pāwerawera — causing pain
• Norwegian Bokmål: smertefull — causing pain
• Norwegian Nynorsk: smertefull — causing pain
• Occitan: dolorós — causing pain
• Old English: sār — causing pain
• Polish: bolesny — causing pain
• Portuguese: doloroso — causing pain
• Portuguese: dolorido — causing pain
• Romanian: dureros — causing pain
• Russian: боле́зненный (boléznennyj) — causing pain
• Russian: мучи́тельный (mučítelʹnyj) — causing pain
• Russian: больно́й (bolʹnój) — causing pain
• Sanskrit: दुःख (duḥkha) — causing pain
• Serbo-Croatian: бо̑лан — causing pain
• Serbo-Croatian: bȏlan — causing pain
• Slovak: bolestivý — causing pain
• Slovak: boľavý — causing pain
• Slovene: boleč — causing pain
• Spanish: doloroso — causing pain
• Swedish: smärtsam — causing pain
• Tagalog: masakit — causing pain
• Tausug: masakit — causing pain
• Tocharian B: laklese — causing pain
• Ukrainian: болю́чий (boljúčyj) — causing pain
• Ukrainian: бо́лісний (bólisnyj) — causing pain
• Waray-Waray: maul-ul — causing pain
• Waray-Waray: masu-ol — causing pain
• Central Bikol: makulog — suffering with pain
• Bulgarian: бо́лен (bólen) — suffering with pain
• Chinese Mandarin: 痛苦的 (tòngkǔ de) — suffering with pain
• Chinese Mandarin: 疼痛的 (téngtòng de) — suffering with pain
• Czech: bolestivý — suffering with pain
• Czech: bolestný — suffering with pain
• Esperanto: dolora — suffering with pain
• Finnish: kipeä — suffering with pain
• Finnish: kivulias — suffering with pain
• Finnish: tuskallinen — suffering with pain
• Greek: επώδυνος (epódynos) — suffering with pain
• Mbya Guarani: axy — suffering with pain
• Hawaiian: ʻeha — suffering with pain
• Higaonon: masakit — suffering with pain
• Hindi: दुःखी (duḥkhī) — suffering with pain
• Hindi: दुखी (dukhī) — suffering with pain
• Italian: doloroso — suffering with pain
• Japanese: 痛い (itai) — suffering with pain
• Korean: 아프다 (apeuda) — suffering with pain
• Latin: dolens — suffering with pain
• Māori: tārū — suffering with pain
• Māori: tārūrū — suffering with pain
• Māori: hīrawerawe — suffering with pain
• Māori: pāwera — suffering with pain
• Persian: دردناک (dardnâk) — suffering with pain
• Polish: bolesny — suffering with pain
• Portuguese: dolorido — suffering with pain
• Portuguese: doído — suffering with pain
• Russian: больно́й (bolʹnój) — suffering with pain
• Spanish: dolorido — suffering with pain
• Spanish: adolorido — suffering with pain
• Swedish: smärtsam — suffering with pain
• Tagalog: masakit — suffering with pain
• Vietnamese: đau đớn — suffering with pain
• Bulgarian: тру́ден (trúden) — requiring labor or toil
• Chinese Mandarin: 吃力的 (chīlì de) — requiring labor or toil
• Chinese Mandarin: 艱苦的 /艰苦的 (jiānkǔ de) — requiring labor or toil
• Dutch: moeizaam — requiring labor or toil
• Dutch: smartelijk — requiring labor or toil
• Finnish: raskas — requiring labor or toil
• Finnish: rasittava — requiring labor or toil
• Finnish: työläs — requiring labor or toil
• French: laborieux — requiring labor or toil
• Greek: επίπονος (epíponos) — requiring labor or toil
• Hungarian: fáradságos — requiring labor or toil
• Hungarian: nehéz — requiring labor or toil
• Japanese: 苦しい (kurushii) — requiring labor or toil
• Japanese: 困難な (konnan na) — requiring labor or toil
• Japanese: 骨の折れる (hone no oreru) — requiring labor or toil
• Latin: laboriosus — requiring labor or toil
• Portuguese: árduo — requiring labor or toil
• Portuguese: extenuante — requiring labor or toil
• Russian: тяжёлый (tjažólyj) — requiring labor or toil
• Russian: тя́гостный (tjágostnyj) — requiring labor or toil
• Russian: тя́жкий (tjážkij) — requiring labor or toil