badness vs distressfulness
distressfulness vs badnessbadness and distressfulness both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| badness | Yes | No | No | No |
| distressfulness | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
distressfulness is a hyponym of
badness; that is, distressfulness is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
badness:
- badness: used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
- distressfulness: the quality of arousing fear or distress
| badness (noun) | distressfulness (noun) |
|---|---|
| that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency | the quality of arousing fear or distress |
| used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather | |
| an attribute of mischievous children |
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