schmerzhaft
Translation
painful, sore, aching
Examples
Die Wunde ist sehr schmerzhaft.
The wound is very painful.
Es war eine schmerzhafte Erfahrung.
It was a painful experience.
Grammar Patterns
((as a predicate)) to be painful The wound is painful.
((as an attribute)) a painful ((noun)) That is a painful loss.
Similar Words
Synonyms: schmerzvoll, peinlich; Antonyms: schmerzlos, angenehm
Etymology
Composed of 'Schmerz' (pain) and the suffix '-haft' (having the quality of).
Memory Tips
Think of it as 'having' (haft) 'pain' (Schmerz). Something that possesses pain is painful.