6
stabbing(adjective, painful)
6
stinging(adjective, hard, severe, nasty, tender)
6
uncomfortable(adjective, painful, sickness, ache, anguishes)
5
troublesome(adjective, painful, sickness, ache, anguishes)
5
abusive(offensive, rude, distressing, harmful, damaging)
5
awful(adjective, sickness, ache, anguishes)
5
burning(adjective, sickness, ache, anguishes)
5
disagreeable(adjective, hard, severe, tender, pain)
5
dreadful(adjective, sickness, ache, anguishes)
5
extreme(adjective, sickness, ache, anguishes)
5
foul(adjective, offensive, disgusting, harmful, malevolent)
5
harsh(adjective, mean, hard, severe, cruel)
5
inflamed(adjective, sickness, ache, anguishes)
5
malevolent(adjective, mean, bad, nasty, negative)
5
ominous(adjective, offensive, cruel, unkind, distressing)
5
raw(adjective, sickness, ache, anguishes)
5
toxic(adjective, bad, evil, harmful, injurious)
5
wicked(adjective, mean, bad, nasty, negative)
4
difficult(adjective, sickness, ache, anguishes)
4
harrowing(adjective, tender, offensive, raw, painful)
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