"painlike" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more painlike [comparative], most painlike [superlative]
Etymology: From pain + -like. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pain|like}} pain + -like Head templates: {{en-adj}} painlike (comparative more painlike, superlative most painlike)
  1. Resembling pain.
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