How to pronounce painful in British English
“painful” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to painful the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“painful” in real sentences — British speakers
518 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Extremely painful to read, extremely painful to reflect, extremely painful to understand the level of our
The Scottish Parliament
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That must be really painful."
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “painful”
Words one sound away from painful — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “painful”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of painful. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.