painful adj.

VERBS be, look, seem | become, get | find sth She found it unbearably painful to speak.

ADV. acutely, excruciatingly, extremely, intensely, particularly, terribly, unbearably, very | increasingly | almost | pretty, quite, rather, slightly, somewhat | potentially | emotionally, physically

PREP. to The subject of his failed marriage was quite painful to him.

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