3
frustrating
3
harrowing(adjective, painful)
3
importunate
3
inconvenient(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, distressing)
3
inflaming(adjective, painful, aggravating)
3
mischievous(adjective, wicked, devilish)
3
niggling
3
odious(adjective, painful)
3
perturbing(adjective, bad, hard, severe, offensive)
3
plaguey
3
prose(adjective, simple, clean, plain, ordinary)
3
provocative
3
severe(adjective, hard, rough, difficult, heavy)
3
stinging(adjective, pain, painful)
3
stuffy(adjective, dull, flat, excite, stupid)
2
abhorrent(adjective, bad, nasty, horrible, disagreeable)
2
afflictive
2
agonizing(adjective, painful)
2
antagonizing(adjective, aggravating)
2
backbreaking(adjective, hard, tough, severe, rough)
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