painful

/ˈpeɪnfʊl/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈpeɪnfʊl/

painful

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

pain - ful -> painful

Myanmar meaning

(adj) နာလောက်အောင်ဖြစ်သော။ နာကျင်သော။ စိတ်မချမ်းမြေ့စရာ။ စိတ်မချမ်းသာစရာ။ စိတ်ညစ်စရာ။

Full entry

pain /peÇn/ n

၁။ (က) [U] ဝေဒနာ။ be in(great) pain ❍ feel no/ not much/ a lot of pain ❍ a cry of pain ❍ suffer from acute back pain ❍ Her back causes/ gives her a lot of pain. (ခ) [C] နာကျင်ခြင်း။ have a pain in one's back/ chest/ shoulder ❍ stomach pains ❍ muscular aches and pains ❍ This should ease the pain. (ဂ) [C] စိတ်ဆင်းရဲမှု။ ဒုက္ခ။ the pain of separation ❍ He caused his family much pain.
၂။ [C] (infml ) ခွ။ She can be a real pain when she's in a bad mood. ❍ We've missed the last bus — what a pain!
v ဒုက္ခပေးသည်။ ဝမ်းနည်းရသည်။ My foot is still paining me. ❍ It pains me to have to tell you this.
❏ on/ under pain/ penalty of sth [IDM ] (fml) မလိုက်နာ က… ပြစ်ဒဏ်ပေးမည်ဟူသော ပြဋ္ဌာန်းချက်ဖြင့်။ Prisoners were forbidden to approach the fence under pain of death.
❏ pained adj ကျွဲမြီးတိုသော။ give sb a pained look.
❏ painful /-fl/ adj
၁။ နာလောက်အောင် [ဖြစ်သော]။ နာကျင် [သော]။ a painful blow on the shoulder ❍ Her shoulder is still painful.
၂။ စိတ်မချမ်းမြေ့စရာ။ စိတ်မချမ်းသာ စရာ။ a painful experience/ memory/ conversation ❍ His embarrassment was painful to watch.
၃။ စိတ်ညစ် စရာ။ The painful process of stripping the paint off the wall.
❏ painfully /-fǝli/ adv
၁။ မခံနိုင်လောက်အောင်။ Her thumb is painfully swollen.
၂။ ရှက်စိတ်မွှန် လောက်အောင်။ He was painfully aware of his lack of experience.
၃။ စိတ်ပျက်ဖွယ်ရာ ကောင်းလောက်အောင်။ Progress has been painfully slow.
❏ a pain in the arse/ neck [IDM ] (infml ) ဂြိုဟ်ကောင်။
❏ painless adj မနာမကျင်သော။ ဒုက္ခမရောက်သော။ The treatment is quite painless.
❏ painlessly adv မနာမကျင်။

More examples

Chest/stomach pains
Harry has been enduring considerable back pain for a number of years.
[pain in] : I’m having terrible pains in my chest.
[ease/relieve pain] : The fresh air had done nothing to ease the pain Kelly felt in her head.
[cause (someone) pain] : An old injury was causing him intense pain.
[in pain] : He heard Leo scream in pain.
[be in pain] : I don’t think she’s in any pain.
[a sharp pain] : It was a sharp pain, on his left side, below his ribs.
Dealing with the subject sensitively can help prevent a lot of pain.
[cause (someone) pain] : The incident must have caused my parents great pain.
[inflict pain on someone] : He had no idea of the pain he had inflicted on her.
[the pain of something] : He found it hard to cope with the pain of being separated from his children.

Synonyms

ache, hurt, soreness, sting, tenderness, hurting, twinge, throbbing, smarting, aching, afflict, affliction, aggravation, aggrieve, agonize, agony, ail, anguish, annoy, annoyance, anxiety, bind, bite, bitterness, bore, bother, burn, catch, chafe, chasten, constrain, convulse, convulsion, cramp, crick, cut to the quick, despondency, disagreeable, discomfort, displease, disquiet, distress, disturb, drag, dragger, effort, exasperate, excruciate, exertion, fever, gall, grief, grieve, gripe, harass, harm, harrow, heartache, hit where one lives, illness, inflame, injure, injury, irk, irritate, irritation, laceration, malady, malaise, martyrdom, menace, mental suffering, misery, nick, nuisance, pang, paroxysm, pest, physical suffering, prick, problem, punish, rack, rile, sadden, sadness, shock, sickness, smart, sorrow, spasm, stinging, stitch, strain, stress, suffer, suffering, throb, throe, tingle, torment, torture, travail, tribulation, trouble, upset, vex, vexation, woe, worry, wound, wretchedness

Antonyms

advantage, aid, alleviate, appease, assist, assistance, assuage, benefit, blessing, calm, calmness, cheer, comfort, contentment, cure, delight, ease, encourage, fix, gladness, good health, happiness, heal, health, hearten, help, idleness, irritation, joy, laziness, let go, make happy, mend, peace, placate, please, pleasure, praise, relief, relieve, soothe, well-being, wellness

Cross references

ache hurt soreness sting tenderness hurting twinge throbbing smarting aching afflict affliction aggravation aggrieve agonize agony ail anguish annoy annoyance anxiety bind bite bitterness bore bother burn catch