/ Thesaurus / P Synonyms of painfulness Find synonyms for: Noun1. pain, painfulness, feelingusage: emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid; "the pain of loneliness"2. painfulness, distressingness, qualityusage: the quality of being painful; "she feared the painfulness of childbirth"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: inutiae Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language