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gnawing
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hard(sickness, ache, anguishes)
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harrowing(tender, raw, painful, burning)
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inflaming(verb, painful, paining)
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irritating(verb, painful, paining)
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pained(upset, cut, hurt, hit)
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stabbing(verb, painful)
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wounded(upset, cut, hurt, hit)
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aggrieved(upset, cut, hurt, hit)
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agonized(upset, cut, hurt, hit)
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bitter
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bleeding(upset, cut, hurt, hit)
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bruised(upset, cut, hurt, hit)
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cutting(cruel, painful, unkind, upsetting)
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difficult(sickness, ache, anguishes)
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grueling
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in pain(expression, idiom, upset, cut)
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irritated(hard, severe, sharp, delicate)
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nagging(tender, pain, painful, burning)
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offending(verb, injuring)
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