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Definition of distressfulness:
Synonyms for distressfulness:
serious-mindedness, earnestness, seriousness, sincerity.
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painfulness (part of speech: noun)
- cruelty,
- offensiveness,
- torture,
- severity,
- unpleasantness,
- bitterness,
- anguish,
- misery,
- torment,
- ache,
- uncomfortableness,
- hurtfulness,
- odiousness,
- grievousness,
- aggravation,
- oppressiveness,
- annoyingness,
- soreness,
- irritation,
- arduousness,
- irksomeness,
- woefulness,
- agony,
- acuteness,
- painfulness
Usage examples:
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Did he pass you so fleet, - Where, yon at the cross, the three hundred roads meet- With distressfulness panting, and wailing with cold?
- "Poems of Emile Verhaeren", Emile Verhaeren. -
It ain't exactly bewildedment and it ain't exactly distressfulness; but it's something that's distant kinsfolks to both of 'em.
- "J. Poindexter, Colored", Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb.