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painfulness

 

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Noun painfulness has 1 sense
  1. pain, painfulness - emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid; "the pain of loneliness"
    --1 is a kind of feeling
    --1 has particulars:
     growing pains; unpleasantness; mental anguish; suffering, hurt; distress, hurt, suffering

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Painfulness

Part of Speech: Noun

Sense 1:

the quality or state of causing physical or emotional pain.

Example sentence: The painfulness of her toothache made it difficult for her to concentrate on her work.

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Sense 2:

the degree or intensity of pain experienced.

Example sentence: The painfulness of his injuries required immediate medical attention.

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Part of Speech: Adjective

Sense 1:

causing or characterized by pain.

Example sentence: The dentist warned my sister about the painfulness of the upcoming procedure.

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Sense 2:

difficult or hard to bear; burdensome.

Example sentence: The painfulness of the truth was overwhelming, but he knew he had to confront it.

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