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198 entries under painful topic. ×
| pathetic(adjective, severe, sad, pain, sorrow) | |
| pitiful(adjective, mean, severe, poor, low) | |
| bitter(adjective, hard, tough, rough, harsh) | |
| hurtful(adjective, severe, tender, unpleasant, awful) | |
| shocking(adjective, severe, sad, unhappy, unpleasant) | |
| upsetting(adjective, severe, lamentable) | |
| calamitous(adjective, severe, sad, unhappy, unpleasant) | |
| distressful(adjective, adverse) | |
| flagrant(adjective, severe, awful, terrible, horrible) | |
| troublesome(adjective, hard, tough, severe, rough) | |
| sharp(adjective, severe, sickness, ache) | |
| uncomfortable(adjective, rough, sickness, ache) | |
| unpleasant(adjective, tough, severe, sad, harsh) | |
| afflictive(adjective, bad, rough, sad, tender) | |
| bad(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, awful) | |
| excruciating(adjective, sickness, ache, anguishes) | |
| harrowing(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible) | |
| horrendous(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible) | |
| odious(adjective, offensive, unpleasant, awful, terrible) | |
| outrageous(adjective, severe, atrocious) |
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