painfully Sentence Examples
- The thorns on the rose bush pricked his skin painfully.
- The child's toothache was painfully throbbing.
- The loss of her loved one left her with a painfully empty heart.
- The wound on his leg was painfully infected.
- The realization of her mistake was painfully clear.
- The memory of the accident resurfaced painfully in his mind.
- The sound of the alarm clock pierced his sleep painfully.
- The rejection letter from the job he'd wanted was painfully disappointing.
- The truth about his father's past was revealed painfully slowly.
- The news of the diagnosis was painfully devastating.
painfully Meaning
Wordnet
painfully (r)
unpleasantly
in or as if in pain
Synonyms & Antonyms of painfully
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- severely
- agonizingly
- grievously
- lugubriously
- ruefully
- sharply
- inconsolably
- unhappily
- regretfully
- wailfully
- woefully
- sorely
- dolefully
- wretchedly
- resentfully
- plaintively
- dolorously
- hardly
- harshly
Antonyms:
- calmly
- nonchalantly
- gayly
- indifferently
- unconcernedly
- favorably
- good-naturedly
- gaily
- sunnily
- gaily
- dispassionately
- blithely
- gayly
- indifferently
- mirthfully
- well
- blithely
- mirthfully
- nonchalantly
- calmly
- impassively
- rejoicingly
- favorably
- impassively
- sunnily
- good-naturedly
- stoically
- well
- unconcernedly
- rejoicingly
- dispassionately
- stoically
Synonyms:
- downheartedly
- distressingly
- rancorously
- abjectly
- distressfully
- morosely
- crestfallenly
- forlornly
- pessimistically
- despairingly
- miserably
- blackly
- acutely
- hurtfully
- gloomily
- dourly
- dispiritedly
- joylessly
- keenly
- drearily
- ill
- disconsolately
- dejectedly
- low-spiritedly
- poignantly
- despondently
- glumly
- mirthlessly
- piercingly
- darkly
- cheerlessly
- sullenly
- somberly
- dismally
- cruelly
Antonyms:
FAQs About the word painfully
unpleasantly, in or as if in pain
bitterly, sadly, mournfully, sorrowfully, hard, severely,agonizingly, grievously, lugubriously, ruefully
easily, lightheartedly, lightly, merrily, cheerily, merrily,blissfully, happily, lightly, cheerfully
The thorns on the rose bush pricked his skin painfully.
The child's toothache was painfully throbbing.
The loss of her loved one left her with a painfully empty heart.
The wound on his leg was painfully infected.
