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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb pain which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

painful
  1. Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental. [from 14th c.]
  2. Afflicted or suffering with pain (of a body part or, formerly, of a person). [from 15th c.]
  3. Requiring effort or labor; difficult, laborious. [from 15th c.]
  4. (now rare) Painstaking; careful; industrious. [from 16th c.]
  5. (informal) Very bad, poor.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. sore, aching, hurt, smarting, hurting, pained, tender, throbbing, agonising, agonizing, delicate, distressed, excruciating, injured, tingly, achy, afflicted, afflictive, bruised, inflamed, raw, sensitive, stinging, broken, chafed, damaged, gammy, irritated, prickly, twingeing, wounded, battered, beaten, biting, burning, disabled, gnawing, impaired, incapacitated, laborious, nagging, piercing, pounding, reddened, searing, severe, sharp, smartful, stricken, suffering … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “Mr. Miyagi would rub his hands together before applying them to the painful area of Daniel San's shoulder.”
      “Having to sit through the boring lecture was an incredibly painful experience.”
      “And now we have the painful task of sorting through thousands of documents.”
painless
  1. Free from pain; without pain or trouble.
  2. Not difficult; easy.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. easy, simple, effortless, straightforward, facile, undemanding, uncomplicated, unexacting, smooth, light, cheap, unproblematic, snap, soft, fluid, downhill, ready, quick, fluent, royal, fast, a cinch, a piece of cake, as easy as ABC, trouble-free, a snip, plain sailing, as easy as falling off a log, as easy as pie, hands-down, no trouble, elementary, unchallenging, easy-peasy, no sweat, breezy, manageable, duck soup, basic, uninvolved, a doddle, a snap, child's play, untroublesome, a breeze, a bludge, money for jam, money for old rope, inconsiderable, piece of cake … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The author put some effort into making the installation as painless as possible for this type of package.”
      “They are often painless when in the kidney but can cause severe pain as they travel from the kidneys to the bladder.”
      “An 81 year old woman who had had a total knee replacement 26 years ago noticed painless, knobbly swellings on either side of the knee.”
pained
  1. In pain, especially in an emotional sense.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. upset, hurt, angry, piqued, annoyed, disgruntled, displeased, aggrieved, irritated, riled, resentful, distressed, vexed, irked, offended, peeved, nettled, angered, cross, indignant, affronted, exasperated, miffed, sore, narked, stung, unhappy, wounded, aggravated, galled, huffy, ruffled, injured, insulted, troubled, eggy, reproachful, needled, anguished, rattled, miffy, snuffy, worried, disappointed, put out, cheesed off, in a huff, teed off, in high dudgeon, fed up … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “He again raised one delicate eyebrow, a pained expression on his mobile face.”
painsworthy
  1. Worth the pains or care bestowed.
painsome
  1. Indicating or marked by pain; painful
  2. Examples:
      3. “Its painsome that majority of us do not recognize these valuable medicinal plants and are unknown about their therapeutic uses.”
painy
  1. (philosophy) Relating to, having, showing or causing pain.
painfull
  1. Archaic form of painful.
painkilling
  1. Reducing or eliminating pain.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. analgesic, numbing, soothing, palliative, sedative, deadening, calming, anodyne, dulling, narcotic, pain-relieving, pain-killing, anesthetic, anaesthetic, relaxing, settling, opiate, sedating, calmative, lenitive, comforting, alleviatory, alleviating, demulcent, alleviative, mollifying, mitigatory, paregoric, mitigative, reassuring, assuasive, assuaging, relieving, emollient, tranquilizing, balsamic, pacifying, quieting, quietening, tranquillising, tranquillizing, lulling, healing, dreamy, easing, gentle, easeful, remedying, softening, moisturizing … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “After experiencing a severe headache, she took a painkilling medication to find relief.”
      “There are also painkilling tablets available that contain the drug, hyoscine, that may help prevent the muscle contractions.”
      “Your doctor or nurse will give you painkilling tablets or injections to reduce any pain that you have after the operation.”
painfilled
  1. Filled with pain.
  2. Examples:
      3. “A paper-thin line of blood welled up to meet the metal, and Lily, who had become very still from the moment the blade touched her, drew in a ragged, painfilled breath.”
painfree
  1. painless
painlike
  1. Resembling pain.
painable
  1. (obsolete) painful
painfulest
  1. superlative form of painful: most painful
painfullest
  1. superlative form of painful: most painful
  2. Synonyms:
      3. sorest, tenderest, tingliest, achiest, rawest, prickliest, severest, sharpest, stiffest, nastiest, reddest, most aching, most hurt, most smarting, most pained, most agonizing, most delicate, most distressed, most excruciating, most afflicted, most afflictive, most inflamed, most sensitive, most stinging, most broken, most damaged, most irritated, most battered, most beaten, most biting, most burning, most disabled, most gnawing, most incapacitated, most laborious, most nagging, most piercing, most pounding, most reddened, most smartful, most stricken, most troublesome, most uncomfortable, most weakened, most abscessed, most caustic, most hurtful, most lacerated, most mangled, most marred … more
painfuller
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  2. Synonyms:
      3. sorer, tenderer, tinglier, achier, rawer, pricklier, severer, sharper, stiffer, nastier, redder, more aching, more hurt, more smarting, more pained, more agonizing, more delicate, more distressed, more excruciating, more afflicted, more afflictive, more inflamed, more sensitive, more stinging, more broken, more damaged, more irritated, more battered, more beaten, more biting, more burning, more disabled, more gnawing, more incapacitated, more laborious, more nagging, more piercing, more pounding, more reddened, more smartful, more stricken, more troublesome, more uncomfortable, more weakened, more abscessed, more caustic, more hurtful, more lacerated, more mangled, more marred … more
paining
  1. present participle of pain
  2. Synonyms:
      3. hurting, causing pain, aching, throbbing, smarting, afflicting, ailing, stinging, causing discomfort, pinching, troubling, prickling, twingeing, twinging, biting, burning, chafing, constraining, cramping, excruciating, harming, inflaming, playing up, punishing, wounding, bruising, injuring, killing, tormenting, torturing, causing discomfort to, causing pain to, convulsing, nicking, saddening, grieving, distressing, worrying, bothering, perturbing, disturbing, oppressing, harrowing, dejecting, depressing, aggrieving … more
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