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labor, sweat, trouble, while, work—more at EFFORT

2pain verb : to cause or experience pain

Synonyms

ache, hurt, smart—more at HURT

pain·ful adjective : feeling or giving pain

Synonyms

nasty, sore; also damaging, harmful, hurtful, injurious; raw, tender; bleeding, burning, chafing, cramping, festering; nagging, pinching, pricking, prickling, smarting, stinging; inflamed, swollen; threatening, wounding

Antonyms

painless

pain·ful·ly adverb : in a painful manner

pain·kill·er noun : something (as a drug) that relieves pain

— pain·kill·ing adjective

pain·less adjective : not causing pain

Synonyms

easy, effortless, facile, fluent, fluid, light, ready, simple, smooth, snap, soft—more at EASY

pain·less·ly adverb : in a painless manner

Synonyms

easily, effortlessly, fluently, freely, handily, lightly, readily, smoothly—more at EASILY

pains·tak·ing adjective : taking pains : showing care

— pains·taking noun

— pains·tak·ing·ly adverb

Synonyms

careful, conscientious, fussy, meticulous; also assiduous, diligent, indefatigable, persevering, sedulous; exhaustive, thorough, thoroughgoing; attentive, observant, vigilant, watchful; accurate, precise; critical, demanding, discriminating, exacting, finicky, particular; cautious, chary, circumspect, gingerly, guarded, heedful, wary; deliberate, plodding, slow; studied, thoughtful; all-out, determined, dogged, intensive, tenacious, tireless, zealous

Antonyms

careless

1paint verb 1 : to apply color, pigment, or paint to

2 : to produce or portray in lines or colors on a surface; also : to practice the art of painting

3 : to decorate with colors

4 : to use cosmetics

5 : to describe vividly

6 : SWAB

— paint·er noun

Synonyms

[1] color, dye, stain, tinge, tint—more at COLOR

[5] delineate, depict, describe, draw, image, picture, portray, sketch—more at DESCRIBE

2paint noun 1 : something produced by painting

2 : MAKEUP

3 : a mixture of a pigment and a liquid that forms a thin adherent coating when spread on a surface; also : the dry pigment used in making this mixture

4 : an applied coating of paint

paint·ball noun : a game in which two teams try to capture each other's flag using guns that shoot paint-filled pellets

paint·brush noun : a brush for applying paint

painted lady noun : a migratory butterfly with wings mottled in brown, orange, black, and white

paint·ing noun 1 : a work (as a picture) produced by painting

2 : the art or occupation of painting

Synonyms

oil; also fresco, mural, panorama; cartoon, drawing, etching, pastel, sketch, watercolor, work; masterpiece; pièce de résistance, showpiece

1pair noun, plural pairs also pair [ORIGIN: ME paire, fr. AF, fr. L paria equal things, fr. neut. pl. of par equal]

1 : two things of a kind designed for use together

2 : something made up of two corresponding pieces

3 : a set of two people or animals

Synonyms

brace, couple, duo, twain, twosome; also span, yoke; partnership, team; companion, complement, doublet, fellow, half, match, mate, twin; counterpart, equal, equivalent, like, parallel, peer

2pair verb 1 : to arrange in pairs

2 : to form a pair : MATCH

3 : to become associated with another

pais·ley adjective, often cap : decorated with colorful curved abstract figures

Pai·ute noun : a member of an American Indian people orig. of Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California

pa·ja·mas noun plural : a loose suit for sleeping or lounging

Pak·i·stani noun : a native or inhabitant of Pakistan

— Pak·i·stani adjective

pal noun : a close friend

Synonyms

buddy, chum, comrade, crony, familiar, friend, intimate—more at FRIEND

pal·ace noun [ORIGIN: ME palais, fr. AF, fr. L palatium, fr. Palatium, the Palatine Hill in Rome where the emperors' residences were built]

1 : the official residence of a chief of state

2 : a large stately house : MANSION

Synonyms

castle, estate, hall, manor, mansion, villa—more at MANSION

pal·a·din noun 1 : a trusted military leader (as for a medieval

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