Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pain-making

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.91 in modern English

Syllables
pain--mak-ing
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pain-causing; deliberately painful.

noun

The act of causing pain.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

more pain-making (comparative) most pain-making (superlative)

Questions

What does pain-making mean?
Pain-causing; deliberately painful.

How to pronounce pain-making

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