Painfulness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid

the quality of being painful

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pˈeɪnfəlnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/pˈeɪnfəlnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pˈeɪnfəlnəs/

3 syllables Say it as /pˈeɪnfəlnəs/.

Examples

the pain of loneliness
she feared the painfulness of childbirth

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

pain distressingness

Antonyms

pleasure

Parts of Speech

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”

Word Forms

pain	verb	cause emotional anguish or make miserable
painful	adjective	causing misery or pain or distress

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Schmerzhaftigkeit

emotionaler Stress; ein Grundgefühl, das Menschen zu vermeiden versuchen

🇫🇷French

douleur

détresse émotionnelle; un sentiment fondamental que les gens essaient d'éviter

🇪🇸Spanish

dolor

angustia emocional; Un sentimiento fundamental que la gente trata de evitar.

🇮🇹Italian

dolore

disagio emotivo; una sensazione fondamentale che le persone cercano di evitare

🇳🇱Dutch

pijn

emotionele nood; een fundamenteel gevoel dat mensen proberen te vermijden

🇵🇹Portuguese

dor

sofrimento emocional; um sentimento fundamental que as pessoas tentam evitar

🇷🇺Russian

болезненность

эмоциональный стресс; фундаментальное чувство, которого люди стараются избегать

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कष्ट

भावनात्मक संकट; एक मौलिक भावना जिससे लोग बचने की कोशिश करते हैं

🇧🇩Bengali

বেদনাদায়কতা

মানসিক কষ্ট; একটি মৌলিক অনুভূতি যা মানুষ এড়াতে চেষ্টা করে

🇮🇳Tamil

வலி

உணர்ச்சி துயரம்; மக்கள் தவிர்க்க முயற்சிக்கும் ஒரு அடிப்படை உணர்வு

🇮🇳Telugu

బాధాకరమైనది

భావోద్వేగ బాధ; ప్రజలు నివారించడానికి ప్రయత్నించే ప్రాథమిక భావన

🇮🇳Marathi

वेदनादायकता

भावनिक त्रास; एक मूलभूत भावना जी लोक टाळण्याचा प्रयत्न करतात

🇮🇳Gujarati

પીડાદાયકતા

ભાવનાત્મક તકલીફ; એક મૂળભૂત લાગણી જે લોકો ટાળવાનો પ્રયાસ કરે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ನೋವಿನಿಂದ ಕೂಡಿದೆ

ಭಾವನಾತ್ಮಕ ಯಾತನೆ; ಜನರು ತಪ್ಪಿಸಲು ಪ್ರಯತ್ನಿಸುವ ಮೂಲಭೂತ ಭಾವನೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വേദനാജനകത

വൈകാരിക ബുദ്ധിമുട്ട്; ആളുകൾ ഒഴിവാക്കാൻ ശ്രമിക്കുന്ന ഒരു അടിസ്ഥാന വികാരം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਦਰਦਨਾਕਤਾ

ਭਾਵਨਾਤਮਕ ਪਰੇਸ਼ਾਨੀ; ਇੱਕ ਬੁਨਿਆਦੀ ਭਾਵਨਾ ਜਿਸ ਤੋਂ ਲੋਕ ਬਚਣ ਦੀ ਕੋਸ਼ਿਸ਼ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

درد

جذباتی تکلیف؛ ایک بنیادی احساس جس سے لوگ بچنے کی کوشش کرتے ہیں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

痛苦

情绪困扰；人们试图避免的一种基本感觉

🇯🇵Japanese

痛み

精神的苦痛。人々が避けようとする根本的な感情

🇰🇷Korean

괴로움

정서적 고통; 사람들이 피하려고 하는 근본적인 감정

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự đau đớn

đau khổ về mặt cảm xúc; một cảm giác cơ bản mà mọi người cố gắng tránh

🇹🇭Thai

ความเจ็บปวด

ความทุกข์ทางอารมณ์ ความรู้สึกพื้นฐานที่ผู้คนพยายามหลีกเลี่ยง

🇮🇩Indonesian

rasa sakit

tekanan emosional; perasaan mendasar yang coba dihindari orang

🇵🇭Filipino

sakit

emosyonal na pagkabalisa; isang pangunahing pakiramdam na sinusubukang iwasan ng mga tao

🇲🇾Malay

rasa pedih

tekanan emosi; perasaan asas yang cuba dielakkan oleh orang ramai

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الألم

الاضطراب العاطفي شعور أساسي يحاول الناس تجنبه

🇮🇷Persian

دردناکی

ناراحتی عاطفی؛ یک احساس اساسی که مردم سعی می کنند از آن اجتناب کنند

🇹🇷Turkish

acı

duygusal sıkıntı; insanların kaçınmaya çalıştığı temel bir duygu

🇮🇱Hebrew

כאב

מצוקה רגשית; תחושה בסיסית שאנשים מנסים להימנע ממנה

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