5
bitterness(noun, resentment, acrimony, unpleasantness, painfulness)
4
painfulness(noun, pain, resentment, hostility, acrimony)
4
severity(noun, painfulness)
3
agony(noun, pain, resentment, hostility, acrimony)
3
anguish(noun, pain, resentment, hostility, acrimony)
3
distress(noun, pain, resentment, hostility, acrimony)
3
pain(noun, resentment, hostility, acrimony, unpleasantness)
2
ache(noun, painfulness)
2
depression
2
grief
2
misery(noun, painfulness)
2
oppressiveness(noun, painfulness)
2
sadness
2
soreness(noun, painfulness)
2
torment(noun, painfulness)
2
torture(noun, painfulness)
2
unpleasantness(noun, resentment, acrimony, painfulness)
1
acuteness(noun, painfulness)
1
aggravation(noun, painfulness)
1
annoyingness(noun, painfulness)
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