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pénible

painful, tedious

adjective peh-NEEBL Less Common
Descriptions & Qualities Personality

Also means

annoying (informal)

Usage Note

Pénible covers physical pain (une blessure pénible), a tedious task, or, very commonly in colloquial speech, a person who is insufferable or a real drag. The same form is used for masculine and feminine. C'est pénible! can mean both 'That's painful!' and 'What a pain you are!'

Examples

"Ce travail est vraiment pénible."

Natural Translation

This work is really tedious.

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