| oppressive(adjective, painful) | |
| percipient(adjective, sharp, sensitive, astute, discriminating) | |
| pricking | |
| probing(verb, sharp, smart, intelligent, unkind) | |
| resounding(adjective, strong, strident, noisy, blaring) | |
| saddening(adjective, sickness, ache, anguishes) | |
| sagacious(sharp, smart, sensitive, intelligent, clever) | |
| shrieky(adjective, high, sounds) | |
| sonorous(adjective, strong, strident, noisy, blaring) | |
| spearing(noun, verb, perforating) | |
| spiking(verb, perforating) | |
| squealing(adjective, shrill) | |
| stentorian(adjective, strong, sharp, harsh, intense) | |
| tedious(adjective, sickness, ache, anguishes) | |
| thundering(adjective, strong, strident, noisy, blaring) | |
| torturing(adjective, painful) | |
| abhorrent(adjective, endured) | |
| abominable(adjective, endured) | |
| acerb | |
| acupuncture |
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