Clues for the word "PAINFUL"
We've had 15 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 17 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on March 04, 2026.
Definition of painful
- a. - Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing.
- a. - Requiring labor or toil; difficult; executed with laborious effort; as a painful service; a painful march.
- a. - Painstaking; careful; industrious.
Referring Clues
- Sore
- Causing discomfort
- Like some realizations
- Hard to bear
- Laborious
- Hurting
- Causing hurt
- Agonising facts cut into me
- Arranged Cup Final doesn't start - distressing
- Agonising
- Not fully in form, Paul gets out and it hurts!
- Like that half broken finger Paul has!
- Sore, perhaps
- Like some dental work
- Throbbing
Last Seen In
- LA Times - March 04, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 17, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 09, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - August 11, 2016
- Guardian Quick - August 28, 2015
- Universal - June 15, 2015
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - June 14, 2015
- Universal - May 15, 2014
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 01, 2014
- Guardian Cryptic - January 01, 2014
- USA Today - December 13, 2013
- Guardian Quick - April 27, 2013
- Guardian Quick - November 18, 2011
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - April 11, 2009
- Guardian Quick - March 06, 2009
- Guardian Quick - October 26, 2006
- USA Today - December 09, 2005