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DISTRESSFULNESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of arousing fear or distress

Example:

he learned the seriousness of his illness

Synonyms:

distressfulness; seriousness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("distressfulness" is a kind of...):

badness; severeness; severity (used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather)

Derivation:

distressful (causing distress or worry or anxiety)

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