3
agonising
3
besetting
3
careful
3
chafed(adjective, sharp, rough, tender, sore)
3
cramping
3
crushing
3
cutting(adjective, hard, sharp, intense, penetrating)
3
damaging(adjective, bad, tough, severe, offensive)
3
detailed
3
displeasing(adjective, pain, offensive, unpleasant, disgusting)
3
doleful(adjective, sad, awful, miserable, grim)
3
dolorific(pain, miserable, wretched, anguished)
3
execrable
3
exquisite(adjective, severe, sharp, harsh, intense)
3
flagitious
3
frightening(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, upsetting)
3
gnawing
3
grewsome(adjective, endured)
3
grisly(adjective, endured)
3
gruelling
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