English > painfulness: 2 senses > noun 1, feelingMeaning | emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid. |
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Synonym | pain |
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Narrower | distress, hurt, suffering | psychological suffering |
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growing pains | emotional distress arising during adolescence |
mental anguish | sustained dull painful emotion |
suffering, hurt | Feelings of mental or physical pain |
unpleasantness | The feeling caused by disagreeable stimuli |
Broader | feeling | The experiencing of affective and emotional states |
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Opposite | pleasure, pleasance | A fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience |
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Spanish | aflicción, angustia, dolor, pesadumbre, pesar |
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Catalan | aflicció, angoixa, dolor, pesar |
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Adjectives | painful | causing physical or psychological pain |
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painful | causing misery or pain or distress / distress |