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Synonyms for painful

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 2, TreelineChange

causing misery or pain or distress

Their divorce is still a painful subject at family dinners.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

sore

Same sentence, swapped: Their divorce is still a sore subject at family dinners.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for painful as it is used in the sentence above.

dreadful
irritating
cruel

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