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painfulness

noun

The quality of being painful

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Word length
11
Starts with
P
Ends with
S
Contains
AI
Scrabble score
16
CEFR level
B1

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noun

  1. The quality of being painful

    “She feared the painfulness of childbirth”

noun

  1. Emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid

    “The pain of loneliness”

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She feared the painfulness of childbirth
The pain of loneliness

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