painful Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪnfl/Translate painful | into French | into Italian | into Spanish German translation of painfuladj. 1 schmerzhaft be painful [Körperteil] = wehtun 2 (distressing) schmerzlich [Gedanke, Erinnerung]; traurig [Pflicht]painful in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of painful in the British & World English dictionary Definition of painful in the US English dictionary