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noun
The state or quality of being painful, of causing pain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: painlessness
noun
The state or quality of being tedious, of requiring great care.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Synonyms: tediousness, laboriousness
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the quality of being painful
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: distressingness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: quality
Narrower terms: sharpness
noun
emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: pain
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: feeling
Narrower terms: growing pains, unpleasantness, mental anguish, suffering, hurt, distress
History
From Middle English peynfulnes, peynfulnesse, equivalent to painful + -ness.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
