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painful - causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness" |
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painless requiring little hard work or exertion; "a painless solution to the problem"
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harmful causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"
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inhumane lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion; "humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world"; "biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used"
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aching,
achy causing a dull and steady pain; "my aching head"; "her old achy joints"
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agonised,
agonized expressing pain or agony; "agonized screams"
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agonising,
agonizing,
excruciating,
harrowing,
torturesome,
torturing,
torturous extremely painful
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biting,
bitter causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold; "bitter cold"; "a biting wind"
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chafed,
galled painful from having the skin abraded
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poignant keenly distressing to the mind or feelings; "poignant anxiety"
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itchy causing an irritating cutaneous sensation; being affect with an itch; "he had an itchy toe from the mosquito bite"
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racking,
wrenching causing great physical or mental suffering; "a wrenching pain"
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saddle-sore (of a rider) sore after riding a horse
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sore,
sensitive,
tender,
raw of or pertaining to classified information or matters affecting national security
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traumatic psychologically painful;"few experiences are more traumatic than losing a child";
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