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provoking(adjective, hard, severe, pain, offensive)
6
rough(adjective, hard, tough, severe, nasty)
6
throbbing(adjective, painful, sickness, ache, anguishes)
6
troublous(adjective, hard, severe, happy, pain)
6
ugly(adjective, hard, severe, evil, rough)
6
uphill(adjective, tough, severe, difficult, awkward)
5
strenuous(adjective, tough, severe, difficult, awkward)
5
adverse(adjective, difficult, unpleasant, negative, critical)
5
awful(adjective, sickness, ache, anguishes)
5
caustic(adjective, sickness, ache, anguishes)
5
chafing(adjective, painful)
5
complex(adjective, hard, fancy, difficult, delicate)
5
complicated(adjective, hard, severe, rough, difficult)
5
galling(adjective, pain)
5
grueling(adjective, hard, tough, severe, difficult)
5
harrowing(adjective, tender, offensive, raw, painful)
5
importunate(adjective, demanding, insistent, bothersome, worrisome)
5
incommodious(adjective, offensive, comfort, awkward, uncomfortable)
5
mean(adjective, hard, easy, slang, rough)
5
operose(adjective, tough, severe, difficulty, difficult)
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