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Vinony

painfulness

noun

  1. state of either physical or emotional suffering, distress, or discomfort caused by pain
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Wiktionary

noun

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

  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”