боле́знен — meaning in English

English meaning

• painful adj Causing physical or emotional pain.
• poignant adj Deeply moving, often with a touch of sadness.
• sore adj Painful or tender, especially to the touch.

Senses

боле́знен is used for these senses in English:

• afflictive That causes physical or mental pain.
• painful Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental. [from 14th c.]
• poignant (chiefly, Britain, dated) Inducing sharp physical pain.
• sore Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.

painful — full definition

1. adj Causing physical or emotional pain.
2. adj Informal: very bad or embarrassing in quality.

poignant — full definition

1. adj Deeply moving, often with a touch of sadness.
2. adj Sharply relevant or incisive.

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