Difference between Painful and Atrocious

PAINFUL vs ATROCIOUS: ADJECTIVE

Distressing or embarrassing.
Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing.
Requiring care and labor; difficult or irksome.
Marked by or requiring great care and diligence.
Causing mental anguish or suffering.
Full of or giving pain.
Exceptionally bad or displeasing
Causing physical discomfort
Causing misery or pain or distress
Requiring labor or toil; difficult; executed with laborious effort.
Causing physical or psychological pain
Painstaking; careful; industrious.

Synonyms and Racking, agonizing, tormenting, torturing, excruciating, arduous, severe, grievous, trying, afflictive.
They can be very painful"
Painstaking; industrious; busy; careful; laborious; hard-working.
That requires or necessitates labor, exertion, care, or attention; troublesome; difficult; toilsome.
That gives or is characterized by pain; of a nature to pain, render uneasy, or inflict suffering, whether bodily or mental; distressing: as, a painful operation in surgery; a painful effort; a painful subject.

Very grievous; violent: as, atrocious distempers.
Very bad; execrable: as, an atrocious pun.
Manifesting or characterized by atrocity; extremely heinous, criminal, or cruel; enormously or outrageously wicked.

Irritating, Awful, Agonized, Dreadful, Poignant, Uncomfortable, Bitter, Terrible, Harrowing, Agonizing, Unpleasant, Torturous, Traumatic, Wrenching, Excruciating

Grievous, Alarming, Frightful, Wicked, Unspeakable, Monstrous, Horrifying, Heinous, Ugly, Bad, Awful, Terrible, Abominable, Horrible, Dreadful

Irritating, Awful, Agonized, Dreadful, Poignant, Uncomfortable, Bitter, Terrible, Harrowing, Agonizing, Unpleasant, Torturous, Traumatic, Wrenching, Excruciating

Grievous, Alarming, Frightful, Wicked, Unspeakable, Monstrous, Horrifying, Heinous, Ugly, Bad, Awful, Terrible, Abominable, Horrible, Dreadful

This may be painful, but is nonetheless beneficial.
Arthritis of the hand can be very painful.
This buildup of fluid can be very painful.
Sanctions are more painful when they cause more damage than expected, or when a period of growing prosperity gives way to a painful decline.
Produce Abscesses produce painful swelling at the anus as well as painful defecation.
If patient is bearing weight there is a painful limp to be observed as walking is painful.
When hands are swollen and painful from arthritis, cold packs can numb the painful joints and reduce swelling.
Maria, are the suffering in Purgatory more painful than the most painful sufferings on earth?
The symptoms of endometriosis include painful menstrual cramps, painful intercourse, diarrhea, constipation, and nausea.
This condition can cause painful bleeding, cramps and painful intercourse.