Synonyms: painfulness, distressingness
Definition: the quality of being painful
Usage: she feared the painfulness of childbirth
Similar words: quality
Definition: an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
Usage: the quality of mercy is not strained--Shakespeare
Synonyms: pain, painfulness
Definition: emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid
Usage: the pain of loneliness
Similar words: feeling
Definition: the experiencing of affective and emotional states
Usage: she had a feeling of euphoria; he had terrible feelings of guilt; I disliked him and the feeling was mutual