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painfulness

How to use painfulness in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for painfulness.

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"Hours on end" would be a recipe for painfulness.

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Quick take

emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid; "the pain of loneliness"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of painfulness gathered in one view.

noun

emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid; "the pain of loneliness"

noun

the quality of being painful; "she feared the painfulness of childbirth"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for painfulness.

noun

emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid; "the pain of loneliness"

See also: pain

noun

the quality of being painful; "she feared the painfulness of childbirth"

See also: distressingness

Example sentences

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"Hours on end" would be a recipe for painfulness.

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"Lower the price to $1; blog about the painfulness of that choice.

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So, adding a painfulness metric is not a right when the incentives are huge.

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> The elusive subjective conscious experience the redness of red, the painfulness of pain that philosophers call qualia?

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Advocates and defenders have a variety of intellectual arguments to defend its awesomeness, but it doesn't "erase" its painfulness.

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Without invoking another data surveillance provider.• Lack of / painfulness of disabling add-on / additional fee services.

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I'm a programmer, and I agree 100% with this part:Developers hate three things, above all else, in increasing order of painfulness…Working on stuff that is easy Working on stuff that is tangential Working on stuff that no one will use

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use painfulness in a sentence?

"Hours on end" would be a recipe for painfulness.

What does painfulness mean?

emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid; "the pain of loneliness"

What part of speech is painfulness?

painfulness is commonly used as noun.