painful Synonyms

afflictive laborious saddening thorny throbbing toilsome tormenting torturing. torturous tragic traumatic troubling troublesome troublous trying uncomfortable terrible tender taxing sensitive severe sharp skinless smarting sore soreness sorrowful stabbing stentorious stinging stressful swingeing unpleasant unspeakable grueling gruelling nettlesome plaguey dolourous nociceptive heart-breaking unbearable heart-rending algetic pain-free smartful painfully radiosensitive backbreaking hardball