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more painful

ADJECTIVE

physically or mentally agonizing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agonizing arduous awful difficult dire distasteful distressing excruciating hard harrowing hurtful severe tedious terrible troublesome uncomfortable unpleasant

WEAK

aching afflictive biting burning caustic disagreeable dreadful extreme extremely bad grievous hurting inflamed irritated laborious piercing raw saddening sensitive sharp smarting sore stinging tender throbbing tormenting trying vexatious

Antonyms

STRONGEST

agreeable calm easy facile friendly good great helpful mild nice pleasant pleasing simple wonderful

WEAK

delightful painless

Example Sentences

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But the cocktail’s second ingredient, misoprostol, can be used to produce abortion on its own — a method that’s often more painful and slightly less effective.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

The only downside: “Wearing the tape for extra hours was more painful than I expected,” Kim said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

That shanked drop-goal as a relative kid, the injury that took him out of the game early a year later, made all the more painful because Scotland won.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

"This betrayal was more painful to the Mau Mau than the actual bullet of the colonial forces," he told AFP.

From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026

Dear Jshmael, These things are very difficult to say—I can’t think of anything more painful to me than writing this letter to you.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson