3
problematical(adjective, hard, difficult, delicate, loose)
3
sensitive(tender, awkward, raw, burning, uneasy)
3
tragic(adjective, adverse)
3
treacherous(adjective, hard, severe, evil, rough)
3
unfriendly(adjective, hard, evil, rough, nasty)
3
unwelcome(verb, person, feelings, emotions)
3
unwieldy
3
wearing(adjective, hard, tough, rough, difficult)
3
wearying(adjective, tough, rough, difficult, heavy)
3
woeful(adjective, painful, adverse)
2
acute(adjective, painful)
2
antagonistic(negative, critical, disapproving, disparaging, hurtful)
2
antagonizing(adjective, aggravating)
2
antipathetic(adjective, adverse)
2
backbreaking(adjective, hard, rough, difficult, harsh)
2
calamitous(adjective, awful, terrible, negative, dreadful)
2
cantankerous(adjective, hard, evil, rough, nasty)
2
contentious(problematic, argumentative, quarrelsome)
2
damaging(adjective, awful, terrible, negative, dreadful)
2
despicable(verb, adjective, person, hard, evil)
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