Painful : synonyms and lexical field

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Looking for words with meaning close to 'painful': discover synonyms for the word painful, such as agonizing or aching.

The lexical field offers related words, which refer to the same idea, the same concept as painful. It is common for a word to have several meanings. In this case, the context of the word helps to determine its correct meaning.
Example of words in the same lexical field as "": excruciating and wrenching.


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Synonyms for painful sorted by degree of synonymy

Lexical field of "painful"

excruciating
wrenching
traumatic
torturous
unpleasant
agonizing
harrowing
terrible
bitter
uncomfortable
poignant
dreadful
agonized
awful
irritating
aching
stinging
sore
bad
unspeakable
smarting
sensitive
prickling
biting
galled
achy
atrocious
abominable
tingling
torturing
chafed
tender
burning
racking
afflictive
saddle-sore
torturesome
distressing
frustrating
embarrassing
difficult
tortuous
pain
hurtful
arduous
horrible
sad
stressful
tedious
painless