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painfulness

noun

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from peynfulnes

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being painful, of causing pain.

  2. The state or quality of being tedious, of requiring great care.

    • Near-synonyms: tediousness, laboriousness

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA