painfulness
/ˈpeɪnfəlnəs/
noun
- The quality or state of causing physical pain.
- Doctors try to reduce the painfulness of medical procedures.
- The painfulness of the injury made it hard to sleep.
- He was surprised by the painfulness of a simple paper cut.
- The quality of being emotionally or mentally unpleasant or distressing.
- The movie captured the painfulness of growing up.
- The painfulness of the breakup lingered for months.
- She spoke about the painfulness of losing a loved one.
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