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painfulness
pain·ful P0014500 (pān′fəl)adj.1. Full of or giving pain: a painful shoulder; painful walking.2. a. Causing mental anguish or suffering: It was painful for him to admit he was wrong.b. Distressing or embarrassing: A painful silence followed his remark.c. Requiring care and labor; difficult or irksome: a painful way of fixing the problem.3. Marked by or requiring great care and diligence: gave the matter painful consideration.
pain′ful·ly adv.pain′ful·ness n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | painfulness - emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid; "the pain of loneliness"painfeeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"growing pains - emotional distress arising during adolescenceunpleasantness - the feeling caused by disagreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feelingmental anguish - sustained dull painful emotionhurt, suffering - feelings of mental or physical paindistress, hurt, suffering - psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress" | | 2. | painfulness - the quality of being painful; "she feared the painfulness of childbirth"distressingnesssharpness - the quality of being keenly and painfully felt; "the sharpness of her loss"quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare |
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painfulness
Synonyms for painfulnessnoun emotional distressSynonymsRelated Words- feeling
- growing pains
- unpleasantness
- mental anguish
- hurt
- suffering
- distress
noun the quality of being painfulSynonymsRelated Words |