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sore(adjective, upset, cut, hit, rough)
21
throbbing(noun, verb, adjective, hurt)
15
hurting(verb, adjective, sad, cruel)
15
painful(adjective, sharp, rough, delicate)
15
smarting(noun, verb, adjective, upset, hurt)
15
stinging(noun, verb, adjective, hard, hurt)
11
achy(adjective, pain, painful, burning)
11
suffering(noun, verb, adjective, upset, cut)
10
raw(adjective, delicate, painful, sickness)
6
afflictive(adjective, hard, severe, rough)
6
inflamed(adjective, delicate, raw, painful)
5
cut(adjective, upset, hurt, hit, wrong)
5
harrowing(adjective, raw, painful, burning)
5
pained(adjective, upset, cut, hurt, hit)
5
wounded(adjective, upset, cut, hurt, hit)
4
aggrieved(adjective, upset, cut, hurt, hit)
4
agonized(adjective, upset, cut, hurt, hit)
4
bleeding(adjective, upset, cut, hurt, hit)
4
bruised(adjective, upset, cut, hurt, hit)
4
in pain(expression, adjective, idiom, upset, cut)
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