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afflictive(adjective, tender, pain, raw, painful)
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boil(noun, health, increase, evil, disease)
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distressed(adjective, upset, cut, hit, rough)
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exasperated(adjective, mad, irritation, annoyance, discontent)
9
furious(adjective, mad, irritation, annoyance, discontent)
9
vexed(adjective, upset, wrong, sorrow, melancholy)
8
irked(adjective, feeling, mad, angry, irritated)
8
ache(noun, verb, damage, harm, pain)
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afflicted(adjective, upset, pain, depression, down)
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angered(adjective, tender, irritation, annoyance, discontent)
8
awful(adjective, painful, sickness, ache, anguishes)
8
dreadful(adjective, painful, sickness, ache, anguishes)
8
embittered(adjective, severe, nasty, hostile, irritation)
8
gash(noun, health, cut, hurt, wrong)
8
injured(adjective, upset, wrong, unhappy, sorrow)
8
piercing(adjective, painful, sickness, ache, anguishes)
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suffering(noun, adjective, upset, cut, hurt)
8
throbbing(adjective, painful, sickness, ache, anguishes)
8
ulcer(noun, verb, ruin, evil, disease)
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inflammation(noun, increase, pain, bump, lump)
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