painfulness
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pain·ful
(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.
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Noun | 1. | painfulness - emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid; "the pain of loneliness" feeling - 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 adolescence unpleasantness - the feeling caused by disagreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling mental anguish - sustained dull painful emotion |
2. | painfulness - the quality of being painful; "she feared the painfulness of childbirth" sharpness - 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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