look painful
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to appear to be causing pain
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- His twisted ankle seemed to look quite painful after the fall.
- The expression on her face made the whole situation look incredibly painful.
- She tried to smile, but it only made her efforts look more painful.
- The way he was limping, his knee must look really painful.
- After the surgery, the incision will look red and painful for a few days.
- Watching him struggle, it didn't just feel hard, it began to look genuinely painful.
- Despite the severe injury, he tried not to let it look too painful.
- The artist captured the agony so well that the portrait seemed to look truly painful.
- Every step she took seemed to look excruciatingly painful to those observing.
- The slow, gradual changes in the system started to look quite painful for the team.