158 entries under painful topic. ×
| bothersome(adjective, hard, tough, difficult, awful) | |
| cumbersome(adjective, difficult, harsh, big, heavy) | |
| hostile(adjective, mean, hard, tough, evil) | |
| immoderate(adjective, harsh, intense, exceptional, unreasonable) | |
| intolerable(adjective, hard, tough, rough, difficult) | |
| miserable(adjective, mean, simple, poor, inferior) | |
| smarting(adjective, tender, raw, burning) | |
| unjust(adjective, hard, tough, harsh, rude) | |
| upsetting(adjective, hard, great, tough, offensive) | |
| afflictive(adjective, hard, tender, awful, heavy) | |
| aggravating(adjective, hard, offensive, distressing) | |
| annoying(adjective, hard, tender, offensive) | |
| cramping | |
| crucial(adjective, tough, big, heavy, deep) | |
| hard-boiled(adjective, calm, strong, hard, tough) | |
| horrendous | |
| insufferable | |
| irksome(adjective, hard, rough, difficult, heavy) | |
| not easy(expression, idiom, tough, problematic) | |
| odious(adjective, bad, offensive, intense, dark) |
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