Dictionary![]() ![]() pain•fulPronunciation: (pān'ful), [key] —adj. 1. affected with, causing, or characterized by pain: a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory. 2. laborious; exacting; difficult: a painful life. 3. Archaic. painstaking; careful. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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