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92 entries under painful topic. ×
| afflictive(adjective, hard, severe, tender, pain) | |
| arduous(adjective, sickness, ache, anguishes) | |
| caustic(adjective, hard, nasty, tender, intelligent) | |
| dire(adjective, severe, tender, unpleasant, awful) | |
| hard(adjective, mean, severe, harsh, tender) | |
| stabbing | |
| stinging(adjective, hard, severe, nasty, tender) | |
| uncomfortable(adjective, sickness, ache, anguishes) | |
| troublesome(adjective, sickness, ache, anguishes) | |
| disagreeable(adjective, hard, severe, tender, pain) | |
| harrowing(adjective, tender, offensive, raw) | |
| offensive(adjective, bad, severe, rude, unpleasant) | |
| oppressive | |
| smarting(adjective, tender, pain, raw) | |
| achy(adjective, tender, pain, burning) | |
| cramping | |
| distasteful(adjective, hard, severe, tender, pain) | |
| gnawing | |
| merciless(adjective, mean, severe, harsh, unpleasant) | |
| poignant(adjective, hard, unpleasant, vicious) |
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