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The quality of arousing fear or distress
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distressfulness
Word definitions for distressfulness in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
distressfulness \distressfulness\ n. the quality of causing mental anguish. Syn: seriousness.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state or quality of being distressful; the state of having or causing anxiety or strain.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of arousing fear or distress; "he learned the seriousness of his illness" [syn: seriousness ]