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painfulness in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. the quality of being painful
    "she feared the painfulness of childbirth"
    painfulness  distressingness 
  2. emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid
    "the pain of loneliness"
    pain  painfulness 
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painfulness in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (noun) The state or quality of being painful, of causing pain.
  2. (noun) The state or quality of being tedious, of requiring great care.
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