How to pronounce painful in American English
“painful” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to painful the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “painful” in: all accents · British English (518 clips)
“painful” in real sentences — American speakers
962 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Rather painful, obviously.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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Carney: It was painful to watch and -- The Press: Yes, very painful.
The Obama White House
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painful and failure-prone.
NIH
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
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