pijnlijk

Sentences
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De   behandeling   was
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  pijnlijk   maar   de   tatoeage   werd   steeds   verder  uitgewist.

The treatment was painful but the tattoo was increasingly erased.

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Meaning

  1. painful (physically)
  2. painful (psychologically)
  3. hurtful, awkward, embarrassing
  4. sore, aching

Concepts

painful
distressing
grevious
troublesome
sore
grievous
awkward
dolorous
pained
painfully
hard
heavy
hurtful
miserable
nasty
particular
pesky

poignant

saddening
smart
straitened
tender
tough

troublous

weariful
fretty

roynish

arduous
fashous
bleak
burdensome
challenging
depressing
dismal
embarrassing
exacting
formidable
grievously
Synonyms

zeer
A1
smartelijk
deerlijk
bedroevend
34k
droevig
C1
☹️
zuur
C1
zwaar
A2

moeitevol

moeizaam
23k
droef
☹️
treurig
C1
☹️
triest
B2
moeilijk
A1
penibel

benard

van verlegenheid getuigend

gênant
B2
gevoelig
B2
geïrriteerd
C2
ijverig
20k
onaangenaam
C2
ontstoken
C2
vervelend
B1
zorgzaam
C2
Translations

doloroso
schmerzhaft
doloroso
douloureux
aflitivo
acıklı

ağrılı

afligido

jandar

biêş

biezyet

dolorosa

bijan

êşdar

biazar

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpɛi̯n.lək/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch
pijnlijc
Cognate with German
German
peinlich
In summary

From Middle Dutch pijnlijc, pinelike. Compare German peinlich. By surface analysis, pijn + -lijk.

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