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| penetrating | |
| prickly(adjective, painful, burning, stinging, tingly) | |
| pungent | |
| swingeing | |
| tearing(adjective, severe, shocking, distressing, upsetting) | |
| withering(adjective, painful) | |
| afflicting | |
| bedeviling | |
| bedevilling | |
| bestial(adjective, evil, nasty, harsh, vicious) | |
| bleeding(adjective, painful) | |
| bloodthirsty(adjective, evil, nasty, harsh, vicious) | |
| bloody(adjective, painful) | |
| bruised(adjective, painful) | |
| brutal(adjective, evil, nasty, harsh, vicious) | |
| brutish(adjective, evil, nasty, harsh, vicious) | |
| cold-blooded(adjective, evil, nasty, harsh, vicious) | |
| crucifying | |
| degenerate(adjective, evil, nasty, harsh, vicious) | |
| demoniac(adjective, evil, nasty, harsh, vicious) |
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