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| mournful(sad, pain, unhappy, sorrow) | |
| pitiful(mean, poor, sad, shape) | |
| sore(painful, angry, sickness, ache) | |
| tormenting(verb, painful, sickness, ache) | |
| acute(strong, severe, tender, intense) | |
| dire(severe, tender, unpleasant, awful) | |
| sorrowful(upset, sad, unhappy, sorrow) | |
| bitter(hard, moving, tough, rough) | |
| difficult(severe, rough, harsh, tender) | |
| dreadful(wicked, horrible, painful, sickness) | |
| troubling(verb, hard, severe, offensive) | |
| uncomfortable(rough, painful, sickness, ache) | |
| woeful(mean, moving, poor, low) | |
| aching(verb, painful, sickness, ache) | |
| annoying(rough, tender, offensive, unpleasant) | |
| bad(severe, poor, sad, offensive) | |
| burdensome(difficult, offensive, awkward, shocking) | |
| disquieting(hard, severe, happy, pain) | |
| dolorous(sad, unhappy, sorrow, miserable) | |
| hard(rough, difficult, harsh, tender) |
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