Question

If something such as an illness, injury, or operation is p______, it causes you a lot of physical pain.If something such as an illness, injury, or operation is painful, it causes you a lot of physical pain....a painful back injury.Sunburn is painful and potentially dangerous.He cracked his head painfully against the cupboard. adjectiveIf a part of your body is painful, it hurts because it is injured or because there is something wrong with it.Her glands were swollen and painful.Sampras awaits the results of a bone scan on a painful left shin.His tooth had started to throb painfully again.If something such as an illness, injury, or operation is painful, it causes you a lot of physical pain....a painful back injury.Sunburn is painful and potentially dangerous.He cracked his head painfully against the cupboard.Situations, memories, or experiences that are painful are difficult and unpleasant to deal with, and often make you feel sad and upset .Remarks like that brought back painful memories....the painful transition to democracy.She finds it too painful to return there without him....their old relationship, which he had painfully broken off.If a performance or interview is painful, it is so bad that it makes you feel embarrassed for the people taking part in it.The interview was painful to watch. B1

Accepted Answer

painful painfullypainfullypainfully

query	If something such as an illness, injury, or operation is p______, it causes you a lot of physical pain.If something such as an illness, injury, or operation is painful, it causes you a lot of physical pain. ...a painful back injury. Sunburn is painful and potentially dangerous. He cracked his head painfully against the cupboard.
word	painful
full-definition	adjective If a part of your body is painful, it hurts because it is injured or because there is something wrong with it. Her glands were swollen and painful. Sampras awaits the results of a bone scan on a painful left shin. His tooth had started to throb painfully again. If something such as an illness, injury, or operation is painful, it causes you a lot of physical pain. ...a painful back injury. Sunburn is painful and potentially dangerous. He cracked his head painfully against the cupboard. Situations, memories, or experiences that are painful are difficult and unpleasant to deal with, and often make you feel sad and upset . Remarks like that brought back painful memories. ...the painful transition to democracy. She finds it too painful to return there without him. ...their old relationship, which he had painfully broken off. If a performance or interview is painful, it is so bad that it makes you feel embarrassed for the people taking part in it. The interview was painful to watch.
inflections	painfullypainfullypainfully
cefr-level	B1

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