kivulias — meaning in English

English meaning

• painful adj Causing physical or emotional pain.
• poignant adj Deeply moving, often with a touch of sadness.

Senses

kivulias is used for these senses in English:

• painful Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental. [from 14th c.]
• painful Afflicted or suffering with pain (of a body part or, formerly, of a person). [from 15th c.]
• poignant (chiefly, Britain, dated) Inducing sharp physical pain.

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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