painfulness

English Thesaurus

1. the quality of being painful (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	quality,
definition	:	an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	sharpness,
definition	:	the quality of being keenly and painfully felt (noun.attribute)

2. emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid (noun.feeling)

hypernym	:	feeling,
definition	:	the experiencing of affective and emotional states (noun.tops)

hyponym	:	growing pains,
definition	:	emotional distress arising during adolescence (noun.feeling)

hyponym	:	unpleasantness,
definition	:	the feeling caused by disagreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling (noun.feeling)

hyponym	:	mental anguish,
definition	:	sustained dull painful emotion (noun.feeling)

hyponym	:	hurt, suffering,
definition	:	feelings of mental or physical pain (noun.feeling)

hyponym	:	distress, hurt, suffering,
definition	:	psychological suffering (noun.feeling)

3. the quality of being painful (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	irritating, painful,
definition	:	causing physical discomfort (adj.all)

derivation	:	painful,
definition	:	causing physical or psychological pain (adj.all)

4. emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid (noun.feeling)

antonym	:	pleasance, pleasure,
definition	:	a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	anguish, hurt, pain,
definition	:	cause emotional anguish or make miserable (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	painful,
definition	:	causing physical or psychological pain (adj.all)

derivation	:	afflictive, painful, sore,
definition	:	causing misery or pain or distress (adj.all)

5. the quality of being painful (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	irritating, painful,
definition	:	causing physical discomfort (adj.all)

derivation	:	painful,
definition	:	causing physical or psychological pain (adj.all)

6. emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid (noun.feeling)

antonym	:	pleasance, pleasure,
definition	:	a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	anguish, hurt, pain,
definition	:	cause emotional anguish or make miserable (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	painful,
definition	:	causing physical or psychological pain (adj.all)

derivation	:	afflictive, painful, sore,
definition	:	causing misery or pain or distress (adj.all)