Tra từ painful - Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary

pain‧ful /ˈpeɪnfəl/ BrE AmE adjective
[Word Family: adjective: ↑pained, ↑painful ≠ ↑painless; verb: ↑pain; noun: ↑pain; adverb: ↑painfully ≠ ↑painlessly]
1. if a part of your body is painful, it hurts:
stiff painful joints
Is your arm very painful?
The neck becomes swollen and painful to the touch (=hurts when you touch it).
2. making you feel very upset, or very difficult and unpleasant for you OPP painless
painful memories/experience etc
He sobbed as he recalled the painful memory.
Venice was a painful reminder of her marriage.
He and his wife took the painful decision to switch off their son’s life support machine.
the long and painful process of growing up
painful to do something
It can be painful to leave the house in which you were born.
painful for/to
The divorce was painful for both of us.
Even hearing his name was painful to her.
3. causing physical pain:
a painful blow on the head
excruciatingly/extremely painful
an excruciatingly painful death
painful to do something
He was finding it painful to breathe.
4. if someone’s behaviour or a performance is painful, it is so bad that it embarrasses people
painful to watch/listen to/hear etc
It’s painful to watch her making the best of a terrible script.
HINT: ► Do not use painful to mean ‘feeling pain’: He didn’t feel much pain (NOT feel very painful) at first.
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COLLOCATIONS (for Meaning 2)
nouns
▪ a painful memory The photograph brought back painful memories.
▪ a painful experience It must have been a painful experience for you.
▪ a painful process It was just part of the painful process of growing up.
▪ a painful time/period The US is in for a painful period of adjustment.
▪ a painful decision I made the painful decision to move far away from my family.
▪ a painful reminder The violence is a painful reminder that many issues have not yet been resolved.
▪ the painful truth We won’t be able to keep the painful truth from the children.
▪ painful feelings/emotions Patients are encouraged to talk about their painful feelings.
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THESAURUS
when a part of your body hurts
▪ painful used for describing a part of the body that hurts: Her leg is still painful where she broke it. | painful joints | She was suffering from painful stomach cramps.
▪ tender painful when touched: The skin around the wound is very tender.
▪ stiff painful and difficult to move: I’ve got a stiff neck. | Her body was stiff from sitting in the car for so long.
▪ sore painful as a result of a wound, infection, or too much exercise: sore muscles | a sore throat | The wound was sore and red.

painfulhu

◎	['peinfl]
※	tính từ
	■	đau đớn, đau khổ; làm đau đớn, làm đau khổ
	■	vất vả, khó nhọc, chán ngắt
	■	gây buồn phiền, bối rối