There are many possible synonyms depending on the context and your intended meaning. Among the choices: Uncomfortable. Hurtful. Sore. Irritating. You can always find synonyms for a word by performing an internet search for "word + synonyms."

Hi 😊 If it means affected with pain, you can use "hurting" and "aching". If it means causing distress or trouble, you can use "distressing", "unpleasant" and "awful"

The most common or casual word is the word "hurt" when talking about physical pain. "My sister hit me. It hurt!" "Getting your eyebrows waxed HURTS" "I worked out yesterday and now my legs hurt" Painful can also be used but it feels a little more serious/formal than "hurts" To me, "Painful" is a useful adjective for emotional experiences. "Going to a funeral is a painful but oftentimes necessary experience" Painful is used sometimes hyperbolicly when something is very boring or bad. "That performance on The Voice was PAINFUL" "Cars 2 is painful to watch" As others have said, what your original post says is not incorrect, it would just sound a little formal in some situations.

Hi, If it means affected with pain(part of body) then you will use this words like- sore, hurting, hurt tender aching throbbing smarting burning irritating agonizing excruciating gut-wrenching And if painful indicate causing distress or trouble then time you should use this words, distressing unpleasant nasty bitter awful disquieting disturbing upsetting traumatic miserable wretched sad heartbreaking heart-rending agonizing harrowing mortifying unendurable unbearable torturous cruel uncomfortable disagreeable

That's not technically incorrect, and it would easily understood. But it would more common to hear any of these: It was hurtful to me. I found it to be hurtful. I was hurt by it. It hurt me.