| painful | | |
| adj. | 1. painful | causing physical or psychological pain.; "worked with painful slowness" |
| ~ harmful | causing or capable of causing harm.; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking" |
| ~ inhumane | lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion.; "humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world"; "biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used" |
| ~ aching, achy | causing a dull and steady pain.; "my aching head"; "her old achy joints" |
| ~ agonised, agonized | expressing pain or agony.; "agonized screams" |
| ~ agonising, agonizing, excruciating, harrowing, torturesome, torturing, torturous | extremely painful. |
| ~ biting, bitter | causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold.; "bitter cold"; "a biting wind" |
| ~ chafed, galled | painful from having the skin abraded. |
| ~ poignant | keenly distressing to the mind or feelings.; "poignant anxiety" |
| ~ itchy | causing an irritating cutaneous sensation; being affect with an itch.; "he had an itchy toe from the mosquito bite" |
| ~ racking, wrenching | causing great physical or mental suffering.; "a wrenching pain" |
| ~ saddle-sore | (of a rider) sore after riding a horse. |
| ~ sore, tender, sensitive, raw | hurting.; "the tender spot on his jaw" |
| ~ traumatic | psychologically painful.; "few experiences are more traumatic than losing a child" |
| adj. | 2. afflictive, painful, sore | causing misery or pain or distress.; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up" |
| ~ unpleasant | disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings.; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors" |
| adj. | 3. abominable, atrocious, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable | exceptionally bad or displeasing.; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room" |
| ~ bad | having undesirable or negative qualities.; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice" |
| adj. | 4. irritating, painful | causing physical discomfort.; "bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful" |
| ~ uncomfortable | providing or experiencing physical discomfort.; "an uncomfortable chair"; "an uncomfortable day in the hot sun" |
| sore | | |
| n. (state) | 1. sore | an open skin infection. |
| ~ infection | the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms. |
| ~ blain | an inflammatory swelling or sore. |
| ~ chancre | a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis). |
| ~ fester, suppurating sore | a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus. |
| ~ gall | a skin sore caused by chafing. |
| adj. | 2. raw, sensitive, sore, tender | hurting.; "the tender spot on his jaw" |
| ~ painful | causing physical or psychological pain.; "worked with painful slowness" |
| adj. | 3. huffy, mad, sore | roused to anger.; "stayed huffy a good while"; "she gets mad when you wake her up so early"; "mad at his friend"; "sore over a remark" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ angry | feeling or showing anger.; "angry at the weather"; "angry customers"; "an angry silence"; "sending angry letters to the papers" |
| smart | | |
| n. (state) | 1. smart, smarting, smartness | a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore. |
| ~ hurting, pain | a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder.; "the patient developed severe pain and distension" |
| v. (perception) | 2. ache, hurt, smart | be the source of pain. |
| ~ sting, bite, burn | cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort.; "The sun burned his face" |
| ~ burn | feel hot or painful.; "My eyes are burning" |
| ~ itch | have or perceive an itch.; "I'm itching--the air is so dry!" |
| ~ hunger | feel the need to eat. |
| ~ thirst | feel the need to drink. |
| ~ act up | make itself felt as a recurring pain.; "My arthritis is acting up again" |
| ~ throb | pulsate or pound with abnormal force.; "my head is throbbing"; "Her heart was throbbing" |
| ~ shoot | cause a sharp and sudden pain in.; "The pain shot up her leg" |
| ~ cause to be perceived | have perceptible qualities. |
| adj. | 3. smart | showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness. |
| ~ astute, shrewd, sharp | marked by practical hardheaded intelligence.; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow" |
| ~ cagey, cagy, canny, clever | showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others.; "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound" |
| ~ street smart, streetwise, with-it | having the shrewd resourcefulness needed to survive in an urban environment. |
| ~ intelligent | having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree.; "is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question" |
| adj. | 4. chic, smart, voguish | elegant and stylish.; "chic elegance"; "a smart new dress"; "a suit of voguish cut" |
| ~ stylish, fashionable | having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress.; "a little less posh but every bit as stylish as Lord Peter Wimsey"; "the stylish resort of Gstadd" |
| adj. | 5. bright, smart | characterized by quickness and ease in learning.; "some children are brighter in one subject than another"; "smart children talk earlier than the average" |
| ~ intelligent | having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree.; "is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question" |
| adj. | 6. fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, sassy, saucy, smart, wise | improperly forward or bold.; "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!" |
| ~ forward | used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty.; "a forward child badly in need of discipline" |
| adj. | 7. smart | painfully severe.; "he gave the dog a smart blow" |
| ~ intense | possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree.; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense" |
| adj. | 8. smart | quick and brisk.; "I gave him a smart salute"; "we walked at a smart pace" |
| ~ fast | acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly.; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car" |
| adj. | 9. smart | capable of independent and apparently intelligent action.; "smart weapons" |
| ~ automatic | operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control.; "automatic transmission"; "a budget deficit that caused automatic spending cuts" |
| stinging | | |
| n. (state) | 1. sting, stinging | a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung.; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles" |
| ~ hurting, pain | a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder.; "the patient developed severe pain and distension" |
| adj. | 2. cutting, edged, stinging | (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character.; "cutting remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment" |
| ~ unkind | lacking kindness.; "a thoughtless and unkind remark"; "the unkindest cut of all" |
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