5
evil(adjective, endured)
5
fearful(adjective, pain, awful, terrible, horrible)
5
gnawing(adjective, painful)
5
hellish(adjective, difficult, awful, terrible, horrible)
5
hurtful(adjective, tender, offensive, raw, painful)
5
loathsome(adjective, endured)
5
nauseating(adjective, endured)
5
repulsive(adjective, endured)
5
revolting(adjective, endured)
5
sickening(adjective, endured)
5
stabbing(adjective, painful)
5
torturesome
5
unnerving(verb, adjective, frightening)
5
unsupportable(adjective, endured)
5
vexing
5
worrying(adjective, offensive, distressing, disturbing, unbearable)
4
deplorable(adjective, awful, miserable, grim, wretched)
4
disagreeable(adjective, tender, offensive, raw, painful)
4
distasteful(adjective, tender, raw, burning, sore)
4
exhausting(adjective, difficult, unpleasant, grim, savage)
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