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Noun: distressfulness  di'stres-ful-nus
  1. The quality of arousing fear or distress
    "he learned the distressfulness of his illness"
    - seriousness

Derived forms: distressfulnesses

See also: distressful

Type of: badness, severeness, severity

Nearest

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