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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesdouloureux
Pronunciation / Transliteration: doo-loo-ruh
"L'accident a été très douloureux."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Causing or suffering from pain.
"The injury was so painful that he couldn't walk." - 2
Causing distress or discomfort.
"The painful memories of the past haunted her."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English 'painful', combining 'pain' (from Old French 'peine', from Latin 'poena' meaning penalty or punishment) with the suffix '-ful' (from Old English '-full', meaning full of). The word has historically evolved from denoting something causing penalty or distress to generally describing physical or emotional hurt.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Painful" is said worldwide
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douloureux
Transliteration: doo-loo-ruh
"L'accident a été très douloureux."
schmerzhaft
Transliteration: shmer-ts-haft
"Die Verletzung war sehr schmerzhaft."
doloroso
Transliteration: do-lo-ro-so
"L'incidente è stato molto doloroso."
doloroso
Transliteration: do-lo-ro-so
"El accidente fue muy doloroso."
doloroso
Transliteration: do-lo-ro-zu
"O acidente foi muito doloroso."
दर्दनाक
Transliteration: dardnaak
"यह दुर्घटना बहुत दर्दनाक थी।"
痛苦的
Transliteration: tòngkǔ de
"这次事故非常痛苦。"
고통스러운
Transliteration: gotongsseureoun
"사고는 매우 고통스러웠습니다."
痛みを伴う
Transliteration: itamio tomonau
"その事故は非常に痛みを伴いました。"
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