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  causing pain /kˈɔːzɪŋ pˈeɪn/
  schmerzlich berührend, schmerzend, im Innersten/in der Seele wehtuend, zu Herzen gehend, beelendend, in die Seele schneidend
     Synonyms: grieving, paining, being painful, distressing, making miserable
  
   see: grieve sb., pain sb., be painful for sb., cause sb. pain, distress sb., make sb. miserable, grieved, pained, been painful, caused pain, distressed, made miserable, It grieves me to see more and more land being sealed and lost as green space., It sometimes does cause me pain to see people being unappreciative of my work., The pictures visibly pain her., It distresses me to see perfectly good food just being thrown away.