Painfulness


Synonyms for painfulness
noun embarrassment

discomfort
inconvenience
delicacy

difficulty
unpleasantness
trouble

untimeliness
uncomfortableness
thorniness

inopportuneness
stickiness
ticklishness

Antonyms for painfulness

advantage
contentment
artfulness
dexterity
elegance

skill
easiness
cleverness
peace
grace

handiness
convenience
ease
straightforwardness

Synonyms
noun agony

pain
hostility
anguish

sarcasm
harshness
distress

venom
virulence
asperity

mordancy
acrimoniousness
grievousness

Antonyms

happiness
joy

contentment
geniality

comfort
sweetness

Synonyms
noun problem; situation requiring great effort

predicament
complication
dilemma
hardship
hazard
snag
obstacle
struggle
frustration
pain
trouble
deadlock

crisis
adversity
distress
strait
hitch
obstruction
perplexity
quagmire
check
misfortune
paradox
emergency

awkwardness
fix
scrape
labor
tribulation
exigency
mess
muddle
crux
stew
knot
strain

quandary
impasse
barricade
hindrance
pickle
dead end
hot water
stumbling block
deep water
strenuousness
arduousness
laboriousness

Antonyms

advantage
assistance
favor
aid
encouragement
happiness
health
success
calm
tranquility

calmness
contentment
satisfaction
solution
ease
peace
blessing
help
good health
comfort

pleasure
benefit
opening
promotion
order
organization
felicity
harmony

Synonyms
noun disagreeableness

nastiness

foulness

distastefulness

horribleness

Antonyms

pleasantness
friendliness

sweetness
kindness

agreement

Concept Thesaurus for word painfulness
1. Passive Affections
Synonyms – noun

painfulness
infliction
load
waters of bitterness.
vexation
bother
[Hamlet]
cancer
canker (bane)
carking care
esclandre
wound
thorn in one’s side
heavy news
[Othello].

trouble, care (pain)
blow
curse
annoyance
mortification
pother
hornet’s nest
ulcer
scorpion (evil doer)
canker worm of care.
rub.
sore subject
where the shoe pinches
provocation
infestation

trial
stroke
bitter pill
grievance
sickener
hot water
plague
sting
dagger (arms)
mishap, misfortune (adversity)
source of irritation
skeleton in the closet
gall and wormwood.
affront
molestation

affliction
burden
bitter draught
nuisance
bore
“sea of troubles”
pest.
thorn
scourge (instrument of punishment)
desagrement
source of annoyance
thorn in the flesh
sorry sight
“head and front of one’s offending”
malignity (malevolence)

Synonyms – verbs

cause pain
induce pain
pain
prick
cut.
jar upon the feelings
break the heart
rend the heart strings
plunge into sorrow
distress
annoy
disquiet
disturb
tease
mortify
bother
harass
bait
importune.
torture
break on the wheel
crucify
plant a dagger in the breast
sting
fret
gall
aggrieve
ruffle
bite
sicken
disenchant
stink in the nostrils
set the teeth on edge
stick in one’s gizzard
horrify
make the flesh creep
make one shudder.
weigh on the mind
bring one’s gray hairs with sorrow to the grave

occasion pain
produce pain
hurt
gripe (physical pain)[more]
hurt the feelings
wring the heart
rend the heart
draw tears from the eyes.
grieve
cut up
incommode
faze
cross
tire
wherret
pester
harry
beset
wring
bullyrag
rack
convulse
plant a thorn in one’s side.
nettle
rile
sting to the quick
affront
sour the temper
snap at
disgust
repel
go against the stomach
go against the grain
rankle
appal
make the hair stand on end
haunt the memory
prey on the mind
add a nail to one’s coffin.

give pain
create pain
wound.
pierce
wound the feelings
pierce the heart
make the heart bleed
sadden
fash
cut to the heart.
discompose
feaze
perplex
irk
worry
bore
badger
infest
harrow
put to the rack
scarify
agonize
irritate
try the patience
tweak the nose
wound to the quick
enchafe
give offense (resentment)
assail
revolt
offend
turn the stomach
grate on the ear
gnaw
appall
make the blood curdle
weigh on the heart
weigh on the spirits

bring pain
inflict pain[more]
pinch
lancinate
grate upon the feelings
lacerate the heart
tear the heart strings
make unhappy
afflict
displease
trouble
feeze (U.S.)
molest
vex
plague
pother
heckle
persecute
torment
put to the question
cruciate
barb the dart
provoke
pique
chafe
cut to the quick
enrage
maltreat
smite (punish)
nauseate
shock
make one sick
stick in one’s throat
corrode
freeze the blood
make the blood run cold
prey on the heart
prey on the spirits

Synonyms – adjectives

causing pain
dolorific
displeasing
distasteful
undesired
thankless.
uncomfortable.
joyless
disheartening
melancholy
rueful
lamentable
pathetic.
annoying
unaccommodating
tiresome
plaguy
pestering
tormenting
insupportable
not to be borne
enough to provoke a saint
grim
fearful
dire
heart-corroding
odious
repellent
horrific
nauseating
nasty
vile (bad)

hurting
dolorous
disagreeable
uninviting
obnoxious
unsatisfactory
distressing
cheerless
depressing
grievous
mournful
sad
irritating
aggravating
invidious
irksome
awkward.
bothering
carking.
unbearable
not to be endured
enough to make a parson swear.
appalling
frightful
heart-breaking
heart-sickening
hateful
abhorrent
horrifying
disgusting
loathsome
hideous

hurtful (bad)
unpleasant
unpalatable
unwelcome
unacceptable
untoward
afflicting
comfortless
depressive
piteous
deplorable
affecting
provoking
mortifying
vexatious
wearisome
importunate
harassing
intolerable
unendurable
more than flesh and blood can bear
shocking
crushing
thrilling
heart-rending
harrowing
execrable
horrid
offensive.
sickening
loathful

painful
unpleasing
bitter
undesirable
unpopular
unlucky
afflictive
dismal
dreary
woeful
pitiable
touching
stinging
galling
troublesome
plaguing
teasing
worrying
insufferable
past bearing
enough to drive one mad
terrific
dreadful
tremendous
heart-wounding
rending.
repulsive
horrible
nauseous
revolting
fulsome

Synonyms – phrases
surgit amari aliquid; the place being too hot to hold one; the iron entering into the soul; “he jests at scars that never felt a wound” [Romeo and Juliet]; “I must be cruel only to be kind” [Hamlet]; “what deep wounds ever closed
Antonyms

pleasurableness

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