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severe(adjective, painful, sickness, ache, anguishes)
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smarting(verb, adjective, tender, raw, painful)
7
woebegone(adjective, blue, sad, unhappy, gloomy)
6
arduous(adjective, painful, sickness, ache, anguishes)
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awful(adjective, painful, sickness, ache, anguishes)
6
caustic(adjective, painful, sickness, ache, anguishes)
6
dejected(adjective, bad, blue, low, sad)
6
dire(adjective, painful, sickness, ache, anguishes)
6
distressed(poor, sad, unhappy, gloomy, miserable)
6
dreadful(adjective, painful, sickness, ache, anguishes)
6
extreme(adjective, painful, sickness, ache, anguishes)
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grievous(adjective, painful, sickness, ache, anguishes)
6
hard(adjective, sickness, ache, anguishes)
6
inflamed(adjective, painful, sickness, ache, anguishes)
6
melancholy(adjective, dull, bad, worry, passion)
6
somber(adjective, dull, sad, unhappy, dark)
6
tender(adjective, raw, painful, burning, sore)
6
terrible(adjective, painful, sickness, ache, anguishes)
6
uncomfortable(adjective, painful, sickness, ache, anguishes)
5
afflictive(tender, cruel, raw, unkind, burning)
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