3
chastising(verb, punishing)
3
correcting(verb, punishing)
3
crushing(adjective, painful)
3
executing(verb, punishing)
3
fining(verb, punishing)
3
gnawing(adjective, painful)
3
grueling(adjective, painful)
3
hurting(verb, paining)
3
keelhauling(verb, punishing)
3
lambasting(verb, punishing)
3
miserable(adjective, sick, painful, tormenting, stricken)
3
painful(adjective, painful, tormenting)
3
piercing(adjective, painful)
3
pillorying(verb, punishing)
3
reprising(verb, punishing)
3
sentencing(verb, punishing)
3
stabbing(adjective, painful)
3
stitching(verb, paining)
3
uncomfortable(adjective, sick, painful, tormenting, stricken)
2
acute(adjective, painful)
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