exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"

Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing.

causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"

Painful is the sixth studio album released in 1993 by indie rock band Yo La Tengo.

Requiring labor or toil; difficult; executed with laborious effort; as a painful service; a painful march.

causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness"

causing physical discomfort; "bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful"

Painstaking; careful; industrious.