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noun (n)

• emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid(noun.feeling)

  Synonym:
  pain
  Antonym:
  pleasance, pleasure
  

  source: wordnet30
• the quality of being painful(noun.attribute)

  Example:
  She feared the painfulness of childbirth.
  

  Synonym:
  distressingness
  

  source: wordnet30