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Adjective
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Affected with, or causing, physical discomfort or pain
sore
aching
hurt
smarting
hurting
pained
tender
throbbing
agonisingUK
agonizingUS
delicate
distressed
excruciating
injured
tingly
achy
afflicted
afflictive
bruised
inflamed
raw
sensitive
stinging
broken
chafed
damaged
gammy
irritated
prickly
twingeing
wounded
battered
beaten
biting
burning
disabled
gnawing
impaired
incapacitated
laborious
nagging
piercing
pounding
reddened
searing
severe
sharp
smartful
stricken
suffering
tingling
troublesome
uncomfortable
weakened
abscessed
agonisedUK
agonizedUS
bleeding
caustic
gashed
grazed
harmed
hurtful
lacerated
mangled
marred
mauled
mutilated
scratched
stiff
discoloredUS
discolouredUK
disfigured
grievous
harrowing
hit
nasty
nicked
red
ruptured
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“Mr. Miyagi would rub his hands together before applying them to the painful area of Daniel San's shoulder.”
Adjective
▲
Causing distress or emotional turmoil
distressing
bad
disconcerting
horrendous
horrible
troublesome
troubling
unpleasant
awful
discomforting
disquieting
dreadful
horrid
horrific
irksome
objectionable
terrible
worrisome
agonisingUK
agonizingUS
appalling
daunting
distasteful
forbidding
grim
horrifying
loathsome
miserable
perturbing
revolting
rotten
severe
stressful
torturous
traumatic
unpalatable
unsettling
woeful
wretched
abominable
agitating
annoying
atrocious
bitter
crummy
detestable
difficult
disagreeable
discomposing
dismal
distressful
disturbing
doleful
execrable
foul
frightful
ghastly
gruesome
harrowing
harsh
humorlessUS
humourlessUK
irritating
lousy
mortifying
nasty
odious
offensive
poor
repellent
repugnant
repulsive
sober
solemn
somberUS
sombreUK
unbearable
uncomfortable
unnerving
unsavoryUS
more ❯
“Having to sit through the boring lecture was an incredibly painful experience.”
Adjective
▲
Requiring effort or labor
laborious
hard
tedious
tough
arduous
strenuous
trying
challenging
difficult
formidable
gruellingUK
heavy
onerous
ponderous
backbreaking
bruising
burdensome
dour
draining
exacting
excruciating
rough
severe
tiresome
wearisome
brutal
debilitating
demanding
dogged
extreme
grinding
gruelingUS
harsh
irksome
laboredUS
punishing
rigorous
rugged
serious
tall
taxing
testing
tiring
toilsome
tortuous
torturous
unremitting
uphill
wearying
agonisingUK
agonizingUS
exhausting
exigent
hellish
herculean
murderous
relentless
slow
stiff
stressful
uncomfortable
boring
difficile
effortful
enervating
fatiguing
hellacious
knackering
labouredUK
moiling
sapping
slavish
sweaty
toilful
unbearable
wearing
wretched
exerting
Augean
back-breaking
more ❯
“And now we have the painful task of sorting through thousands of documents.”
Adjective
▲
Likely to injure or damage
harmful
damaging
dangerous
detrimental
hurtful
pernicious
baleful
baneful
deleterious
injurious
noxious
destructive
unhealthy
evil
hazardous
unwholesome
risky
toxic
unsafe
bad
deadly
dicey
maleficent
nocent
parlous
perilous
precarious
threatening
wounding
adverse
crippling
disadvantageous
inimical
lethal
negative
nocuous
poisonous
unfavourableUK
calamitous
cancerous
cataclysmic
catastrophic
corrupting
counterproductive
dire
disastrous
fatal
ill
incendiary
malefic
malevolent
malicious
malign
malignant
mischievous
murderous
prejudicial
prejudicious
ruinous
sinister
subversive
undesirable
unfavorableUS
unfortunate
annihilative
corrosive
critical
devastating
eradicative
extirpative
harassing
insalubrious
internecine
lethiferous
menacing
noisome
pestiferous
pestilential
sinful
slaughterous
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Causing distress to someone's feelings
hurtful
spiteful
malicious
cruel
nasty
unkind
mean
cutting
biting
vicious
wounding
catty
acerbic
barbed
offensive
insensitive
snide
snarky
mordacious
acidulous
upsetting
sarky
mischievous
distressing
tactless
inappropriate
prejudicial
bitter
sarcastic
scathing
vitriolic
caustic
venomous
hateful
acrimonious
sharp
acid
stinging
trenchant
mordant
harsh
virulent
vindictive
sardonic
poisonous
hostile
rancorous
rude
malevolent
malignant
critical
contemptuous
malign
searing
derogatory
satirical
insulting
acrid
maleficent
severe
corrosive
tart
slighting
ill-natured
acerb
despiteful
abusive
savage
satiric
scornful
pungent
disparaging
piercing
malefic
belittling
acidic
pointed
pernicious
incisive
scalding
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Producing or having relation to pain
algetic
algesic
Adjective
▲
Denotes an intense coldness that can feel like it is penetrating the body
sharp
bitter
chill
chilly
cold
raw
biting
keen
brisk
penetrating
bone-chilling
coldish
cool
coolish
gelid
glacial
harsh
ice-cold
icy
nippy
piercing
polar
shivery
Siberian
snappy
winteryUK
arctic
bleak
chilling
cutting
fierce
freezing
frigid
frosty
intense
knifelike
nipping
numbing
stinging
wintryUS
parky
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Lasting or taking a long time
slow
prolonged
time-consuming
long-drawn-out
protracted
gradual
lengthy
long-lasting
interminable
lingering
progressive
conservative
draggy
drawn-out
laborious
long-winded
long
sustained
dragging
overlong
extended
marathon
enduring
lasting
spun-out
spun out
tedious
verbose
boring
prolix
more ❯
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