painfulness
English
noun
Definitions
- The state or quality of being painful, of causing pain.
- The state or quality of being tedious, of requiring great care.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English peynfulnes affix from English painful.
Origin
English
painful
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nonpainful English
- pain English
- painful English
- painfuller English
- painfully English
- unpainful English
- paynful Middle English
- peynfulnes Middle English