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scrupulous, detailed, thorough, thoroughgoing, exacting,
demanding: A great deal of painful research went into
discovering the cause of yellow fever.
painfully adv. agonizingly, distressingly, disagreeably, unpleasantly,
unfortunately, sadly, woefully, lamentably, ruefully, unhappily:
I became painfully aware that much of the relief destined for
the poor never reached them.
painkiller
n. anodyne, analgesic, anaesthetic, sedative, palliative: When
he wrenched his back, the doctor gave him a painkiller so that
he could walk.
painless adj. trouble-free, easy, simple, comfortable, effortless,
Colloq easy as 1, 2, 3 or as ABC, easy as pie, a piece of cake,
pushover, child's play, Slang cinch, no sweat: The procedure
for assembling the bicycle is relatively painless.
painstaking
adj. See painful, 3, above.
paint n. 1 colour, tint, dye, colouring, pigment, stain: I bought
the paint and brushes, and started work on the kitchen walls. 2
coating, coat, surface; enamel: The rust has come through the
paint here and there. 3 make-up, cosmetics, maquillage,
greasepaint, Colloq warpaint, face: Sheila is in her room
putting on some paint before we go out.
--v. 4 depict, portray, picture, show, represent, delineate,
render, draw, limn, characterize, describe: Whistler painted a
portrait of my grandmother. Correspondents painted a very grim
picture of the plight of the hostages. 5 coat, brush, apply,
cover, daub: The doctor painted the area with some medication
that soothed the pain. 6 colour, tint, dye, stain, decorate: We
are planning to paint the nursery pale blue. 7 paint the town
red. make merry, carouse, revel, go on a spree, go out on the
town, Colloq whoop it up, live it up, (go on a) pub-crawl, step
out, Slang make whoopee, go on a bender or drunk or binge, booze
it up: Saturday nights a few of the boys would go out and paint
the town red till the wee hours.
pair n. 1 couple, twosome, two of a kind, set of two, matched set,