Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with painful in American Collocation
painful
adjective
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/ˈpeɪnf(ə)l/
very
acutely
agonizingly
exceedingly
excruciatingly
extremely
incredibly
intensely
terribly
too
unbearably
very
Parents have recognised that embarrassment is excruciatingly painful for adolescents.
rather
quite
rather
That was the best team I have ever swam with and it was rather painful to lose.
in a particular way
emotionally
While paranoia can be treated by analysis, it is a difficult and emotionally painful process.
incident
dilemma
episode
ordeal
shock
Nobody wants to prolong the painful ordeal of a divorce.
memory
memory
recollection
reminder
Some painful recollection had stolen across his mind, and driven him into silence.
feeling
emotion
feeling
He learned to welcome his painful feelings during meditation.
be
prove
seem
Perhaps things that once brought her pleasure now seem painful.