158 entries under painful topic. ×
| anguishing | |
| backbreaker(hard, tough, difficult, problematic) | |
| besetting | |
| bleeding | |
| bloody | |
| chafing | |
| cold fish(expression, adjective, calm, hard, tough) | |
| crushing | |
| galling(tough, harsh, heavy, problematic) | |
| hard as nails(expression, adjective, idiom, tough, firm) | |
| injured | |
| labored(adjective, tough, rough, difficult, awkward) | |
| nagging(adjective, hard, tough, difficult, harsh) | |
| resentful(adjective, tough, nasty, harsh, hostile) | |
| skinned | |
| thick-skinned(adjective, calm, hard, tough, harsh) | |
| tiresome(hard, tough, harsh, offensive, heavy) | |
| vexatious(tough, harsh, tender, heavy, raw) | |
| wounded | |
| abscessed(tender, uncomfortable) |
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