English-Polish translations for painful

• bolesny
  Poruszyliśmy również bolesny temat. We have also brought up a painful subject.
  Mam uczucie, że państwa bałtyckie otrzymały najbardziej bolesny cios. I feel that the Baltic States have suffered the most painful blow.
  Jestem jednak pewien, że przeżywamy obecnie bolesny proces uczenia się na własnych błędach. However, I am confident that we are in the painful process of learning from our mistakes.

Definition of painful

• Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental.
• Requiring effort or labor; difficult, laborious.
• Very bad, poor

Examples

• His violin playing is painful.

Related words

• painfully
• painfulness
• painful on the eyes
• painful intercourse