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Unbearably or excruciatingly painful or torturous

Causing great pain or anguish

Causing distress, dread or alarm

Requiring, or involving, great mental or physical effort

(of a person or governing body) Cruel or severe in nature

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Adjective

Unbearably or excruciatingly painful or torturous

extremely painful

life-threatening

more than one can bear

more than flesh and blood can stand

more than flesh and blood can bear

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“The torturous cries of the wounded soldiers echoed through the battlefield, illustrating the unbearable pain they were enduring.”

Adjective

Causing great pain or anguish

“The torturous torture inflicted upon the prisoners left them scarred both physically and emotionally.”

Adjective

Causing distress, dread or alarm

unfavourable^UK

poverty-stricken

causing discomfort

life-threatening

full of hardship

fire-and-brimstone

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

beneath contempt

beyond the pale

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Adjective

Requiring, or involving, great mental or physical effort

energy-consuming

easier said than done

pick-and-shovel

like getting blood out of a stone

character-building

difficult to handle

difficult going

no piece of cake

antagonizing^US

emotionally draining

antagonising^UK

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to drive you up the wall

fiendishly difficult

tremendously difficult

very challenging

difficult to achieve

incomprehensible

not to be borne

impossible to cope with

socially impaired

undisciplinable

confrontational

ill-disciplined

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Adjective

(of a person or governing body) Cruel or severe in nature

desensitized^US

uncompassionate

desensitised^UK

take-no-prisoners

with a heart of stone

ill-humoured^UK

lacking compassion

anti-democratic

like a bear with a sore head

confrontational

unsophisticated

over-censorious

unaccommodating

uncommunicative

high and mighty

high-maintenance

over-particular

unfavourable^UK

hard to satisfy

on a short fuse

overextravagant

rubbing the wrong way

uncommiserating

straightforward

as hard as nails

straight from the shoulder

self-opinionated

knock-down-and-drag-out

hammer and tongs

tough nut to crack

self-centered^US

having a killer instinct

unconstitutional

self-centred^UK

without sentiment

throwing one's weight about

dyed-in-the-wool

at each other's throats

with a long face

like a bull in a china shop

unimpressionable

sticking to one's guns

standing one's ground

in driver's seat

on your high horse

pulling no punches

dishonourable^UK

bound and determined

not mincing one's words

speaking one's mind

calling a spade a spade

not beating about the bush

dishonorable^US

hot under the collar

easily offended

having got out of bed on the wrong side

as cross as two sticks

having got out of bed the wrong side

pass-remarkable

uncomplimentary

out of proportion

proof against persuasion

not afraid to call a spade a spade

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