1. Adjective
Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing.
2. Adjective
Requiring labor or toil; difficult; executed with laborious effort; as a painful service; a painful march.
3. Adjective
Painstaking; careful; industrious.
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