painfulness
Plural: painfulnesses
Noun
- emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid
- the quality of being painful
- "she feared the painfulness of childbirth"
- The state or quality of being painful, of causing pain.
- The state or quality of being tedious, of requiring great care.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English peynfulnes, peynfulnesse, equivalent to painful + -ness.
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Scrabble Score: 16
painfulness: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpainfulness: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
painfulness: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 21
painfulness: valid Words With Friends Word