schmerzhaft — meaning in English

English meaning

• painful adj Causing physical or emotional pain.
• painfully adverb In a way that shows or causes pain.
• poignant adj Deeply moving, often with a touch of sadness.

Senses

schmerzhaft is used for these senses in English:

• acheful full of aches; aching
• painful Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental. [from 14th c.]
• painfully In a painful manner; as if in pain.
• 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.

painfully — full definition

1. adverb In a way that shows or causes pain.
2. adverb To an uncomfortable or excessive degree; very.

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