PAINFULNESS Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word painfulness. (close relations)
painful
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agony | nounn | |||||||
noun • intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain • a state of acute pain | ||||||||
anguish | nounn | |||||||
noun • extreme mental distress • extreme distress of body or mind verb • suffer great pains or distress • cause emotional anguish or make miserable | ||||||||
distress | nounn | |||||||
noun • psychological suffering • a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need) • extreme physical pain • the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim verb • bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship • cause mental pain to | ||||||||
misery | nounn | |||||||
noun • a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune • a feeling of intense unhappiness | ||||||||
suffering | nounn | |||||||
noun • a state of acute pain • misery resulting from affliction • psychological suffering • feelings of mental or physical pain adjective satellite • troubled by pain or loss • very unhappy; full of misery | ||||||||
torment | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • unbearable physical pain • extreme mental distress • intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain • a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented • a severe affliction • the act of harassing someone verb • torment emotionally or mentally • treat cruelly • subject to torture | ||||||||
distressingness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of being painful | ||||||||
pain | nounn | |||||||
noun • a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder • emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid • a somatic sensation of acute discomfort • something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness verb • cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed • cause emotional anguish or make miserable |