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| galling(severe, painful, trying) | |
| gargantuan(severe, painful, trying) | |
| hard-won(severe, painful, trying) | |
| heavy(severe, painful, trying, disorderly) | |
| herculean(severe, painful, trying) | |
| immense(severe, painful, trying) | |
| irritating(severe, unpleasant, painful, unfortunate) | |
| labored(severe, painful, trying) | |
| no picnic(expression, severe, painful, trying) | |
| not easy(expression, severe, painful, trying) | |
| onerous(severe, painful, trying) | |
| prohibitive(severe, painful, trying) | |
| rigid(severe, painful, trying) | |
| stiff(severe, painful, trying) | |
| strenuous(severe, painful, trying) | |
| unyielding(severe, unpleasant, painful, unfortunate) | |
| uphill(severe, difficult, awkward, painful) | |
| upstream(severe, painful, trying) | |
| wearisome(severe, painful, trying, disorderly) | |
| argumentative |
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