- Definitions|2
- Thesaurus|2.5k
- Abbreviations|0
48 entries under painful topic. ×
| awful(adjective, good, bad, great, severe) | |
| terrible(adjective, good, dull, bad, great) | |
| appalling(adjective, good, great, severe, sad) | |
| dire(adjective, pain, awful, terrible, fear) | |
| shocking(adjective, good, dull, bad, great) | |
| grievous(adjective, severe, sad, tender, unhappy) | |
| unpleasant(adjective, dull, severe, nasty, tender) | |
| wretched(verb, adjective, person, sad, offensive) | |
| grim(adjective, bad, sad, pain, offensive) | |
| disagreeable(verb, adjective, person, dull, nasty) | |
| severe(adjective, wicked, sickness, ache) | |
| distressing(adjective, wicked, horrible, sickness) | |
| excruciating(adjective, sickness, ache, endured) | |
| agonizing(adjective, sickness, ache, endured) | |
| extreme(adjective, sickness, ache, endured) | |
| piercing(adjective, sickness, ache, endured) | |
| tormenting(adjective, sickness, ache, endured) | |
| distasteful(verb, adjective, person, hard, nasty) | |
| sore(adjective, sickness, ache, anguishes) | |
| unbearable(adjective, severe, unpleasant, awful, terrible) |
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