75 entries under painful topic. ×

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excruciating(adjective, pain, sickness, ache)
20
agonizing(verb, adjective, tender, pain, sick)
18
painful(adjective, severe, tender, raw)
17
distressing(verb, adjective, sickness, ache)
15
piercing(adjective, sickness, ache, endured)
12
harrowing(adjective, severe, tender, pain, raw)
11
aching(verb, adjective, sickness, ache)
11
annoying(verb, adjective, sorrow, negative, emotion)
11
extreme(adjective, sickness, ache, endured)
11
severe(adjective, sickness, ache, anguishes)
10
awful(adjective, sickness, ache, endured)
10
cruel(adjective, endured)
10
dire(adjective, sickness, ache, endured)
10
dreadful(adjective, sickness, ache, endured)
10
terrible(adjective, sickness, ache, endured)
10
torturing(verb, adjective, severe, shocking)
10
troublesome(adjective, sickness, ache, anguishes)
10
unbearable(adjective, severe, endured, agonizing)
9
acute(adjective, endured)
9
biting(adjective, sickness, ache, anguishes)
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