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agonizing(adjective, painful, shocking, disturbing)
11
excruciating(adjective, painful, shocking, distressing)
11
harrowing(adjective, painful, shocking, distressing)
9
torturous(adjective, shocking, distressing, upsetting)
7
racking(verb, adjective, shocking, distressing)
7
tormenting(verb, adjective, painful, shocking)
4
painful(adjective, painful, shocking, upsetting)
2
tearing(shocking, distressing, upsetting, disturbing)
2
unbearable(adjective, painful, agonizing, excruciating)
1
extreme(adjective, distressing, disturbing, unbearable)
1
intense(adjective, distressing, disturbing, unbearable)
0
violent(distressing, disturbing, unbearable, agonizing)
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