Painful
Painful adjective - Causing or feeling bodily pain.
Unfortunate and painful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unfortunate" instead an adjective "Painful".
Unfortunate
Unfortunate adjective - Of a kind to cause great distress.
Usage example: an unfortunate choice of words that would later prove to be embarrassing for the talk show host
Painful and unfortunate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Painful" instead an adjective "Unfortunate".
Nearby Word: unfortunately
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- awkward and painful
- awkward and unfortunate
- disturbing and painful
- disturbing and unfortunate
- dismal and painful
- dismal and unfortunate
- grievous and painful
- grievous and unfortunate
- sad and painful
- sad and unfortunate
- miserable and painful
- miserable and unfortunate
- bad and painful
- bad and unfortunate
Both words in one sentence
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BlazBlue doesn't shy away from female characters being caught in unfortunate, painful and embarrassing situations.
Source: Slapstick Knows No Gender -
The unfortunate result is passages of Garrett's dry writing interspersed with terrible flowery writing from Upson, making the whole thing a rather painful read.
Source: Purple Prose - We see the unfortunate star of the show twice during the movie (other than in his show), and on both occasions, he suffers very painful "tributes" from fans who attempt to emulate the show.
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