pijnlijk
Meaning
- painful (physically)
- painful (psychologically)
- hurtful, awkward, embarrassing
- sore, aching
Frequency
Hyphenated as
pijn‧lijk
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpɛi̯n.lək/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch pijnlijc, pinelike. Compare German peinlich. By surface analysis, pijn + -lijk.
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