Webster's English Dictionary

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painful

pain.ful \'pa-n-f*l\ \-f(*-)le-\ \-f*l-n*s\ aj 1a: feeling or giving pain  
   1b: ANNOYING, IRKSOME, VEXATIOUS  2: requiring effort or exertion  archaic  
   3: CAREFUL, DILIGENT  - pain.ful.ly av