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English noun: painfulness

1. painfulness (feeling) emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid


SamplesThe pain of loneliness.


Synonymspain


Broader (hypernym)feeling


Narrower (hyponym)distress, growing pains, hurt, hurt, mental anguish, suffering, suffering, unpleasantness


Antonymspleasure, pleasance

2. painfulness (attribute) the quality of being painful


SamplesShe feared the painfulness of childbirth.


Synonymsdistressingness


Broader (hypernym)quality


Narrower (hyponym)sharpness









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