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painful

How many syllables in painful?

  139457628 syllables

Divide painful into syllables:   pain-ful
Stressed syllable in painful:   pain-ful
How to pronounce painful:   peyn-full
How to say painful:

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Synonyms for painful


1 syllable
  • dire
  • skinned
  • raw
  • sore
2 syllables
  • aching
  • awful
  • burning
  • hurting
  • nasty
  • smarting
  • throbbing
  • tortured
  • anguished
  • awkward
  • dreadful
  • labored
  • piercing
  • tender
  • tingly
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What rhymes with painful

2 syllables
  • baneful
  • graceful
  • gainful
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