painable

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painable

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From pain + -able. Compare French pénible.

adjective more painable · most painable

obsolete Painful. The manacles of Astyages were not […] the less weighty and paynable for being composed of gold or silver.
Similar: excruciating, torturous, agonizing, ailsome, groanful, hellish, hurtful, bruising, painable, painful, terrible, tormenting

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@misc{painable_2026,
  title = {painable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/painable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}