Awesome and Painful

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Awesome adjective - Causing wonder or astonishment.

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Painful and awesome are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Painful" instead an adjective "Awesome".

Nearby Word: awesomely

Painful adjective - Causing or feeling bodily pain.

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Awesome and painful are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Awesome" instead an adjective "Painful".

Nearby Words: pain, pained, painfully, painless, paining

So does Jordan in a particularly painful and awesome fashion during a pee-wee football game (he dives into the path of a kicked football to prevent a successful field goal and was hit so hard it cracked his cup [which was then bronzed]).

Source: Series / The Bernie Mac Show
Awesome, but painful... he knocks himself delirious and exclaims "I'm not Vince, I'm Batman," before collapsing on the mat.

Source: Series / Hang Time
In a later episode, Naota is sent flying toward the class rep—who has a massive crush on him—and, for several seconds, time slows down, the Bishie Sparkle comes in and it seems like they're going to have the most painful, glorious, awesome kiss in all history.

Source: Orbital Kiss

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