16
agonizing(adjective, severe, painful, shocking, disturbing)
11
excruciating(adjective, severe, painful, shocking, distressing)
11
harrowing(adjective, severe, painful, shocking, distressing)
9
anguishing(verb, painful, distressing, disturbing, tormenting)
9
torturous(adjective, severe, shocking, distressing, upsetting)
7
agonising
7
racking(verb, adjective, severe, shocking, distressing)
7
tormenting(verb, adjective, severe, painful, shocking)
7
wrenching(painful, paining)
6
aching(adjective, painful, paining)
6
afflicting(verb, punishing, paining)
6
distortion(noun, sickness, ache, anguishes)
6
torture(noun, sickness, ache, anguishes)
5
distressing(adjective, shocking, upsetting, disturbing, unbearable)
5
straining(noun, verb, sickness, ache, anguishes)
5
torment(noun, sickness, ache, anguishes)
5
twisting(noun, verb, sickness, ache, anguishes)
4
agony(noun, sickness, ache, anguishes)
4
anguish(noun, sickness, ache, anguishes)
4
painful(adjective, severe, painful, shocking, upsetting)
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