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1 painful
adjectivebe/become painful — [Körperteil:] weh tun od. schmerzen
suffer from a painful shoulder — Schmerzen in der Schulter haben
2) (distressing) schmerzlich [Gedanke, Erinnerung]; traurig [Pflicht]it was painful to watch him — es tat weh, ihm zuzusehen
* * ** * *pain·ful[ˈpeɪnfəl]1. (causing physical pain) schmerzhaft\painful death qualvoller Tod2. (upsetting) schmerzlichit was my \painful duty to tell him the news ich hatte die traurige Aufgabe, ihm die Nachricht mitzuteilenthe latest murder is a \painful reminder of the violence in the city der jüngste Mordfall erinnert wieder einmal auf tragische Weise an die Gewalt, die in der Stadt herrscht* * *['peInfUl]adj1) (physically) injury schmerzhaftis it painful? — tut es weh?
it's painful to the touch — es tut weh, wenn man es berührt
my arm was becoming painful — mein Arm fing an zu schmerzen
2) (= unpleasant, distressing) task, decision, feeling, subject, fact schmerzlich; process, reminder, memory, experience schmerzlich, schmerzhaft; lesson schmerzhaftit was painful to admit that... — es war schmerzlich zuzugeben, dass...
it is my painful duty to tell you that... — ich habe die traurige Pflicht, Ihnen mitteilen zu müssen, dass...
3) (inf: terrible) peinlichpainful, isn't it? —
I went to the party but it was really painful (= boring) (= embarrassing) — ich war auf der Party, aber es war zum Sterben langweilig ich war auf der Party, eine äußerst peinliche Angelegenheit
4) (= laborious) schmerzlich* * *painful adj1. schmerzend, schmerzhaft:be painful schmerzen, wehtun;2. a) schmerzlich, quälend (Erinnerungen etc)b) peinlich:produce a painful impression peinlich wirkenc) unangenehm3. mühsam, beschwerlich* * *adjective1) (causing pain) schmerzhaft [Krankheit, Operation, Wunde]be/become painful — [Körperteil:] weh tun od. schmerzen
2) (distressing) schmerzlich [Gedanke, Erinnerung]; traurig [Pflicht]it was painful to watch him — es tat weh, ihm zuzusehen
* * *adj.mühsam adj.peinlich adj.schmerzhaft adj.schmerzlich adj.ärgerlich adj.
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