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cruel and unusual
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daunting
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discomfiting
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disconcerting
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dismaying
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disquieting
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dolorous
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drastic
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extremely painful(expression, idiom)
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fatiguing
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fierce(demanding, distressing, disturbing, exhausting, punishing)
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frightening
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gnarled
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gruelling
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harrowingly
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harrying(adjective, tormenting)
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heart-rending
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indirect
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knurly
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merciless
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