English Explanatory Dictionary

painfulness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state or quality of being painful, of causing pain.
  2. The state or quality of being tedious, of requiring great care.

Word forms

painfulness painfulnesses

Etymology

From Middle English peynfulnes, peynfulnesse, equivalent to painful + -ness.

Synonyms

tediousness laboriousness

Antonyms

painlessness
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