| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | aching | hurting with a steady dull pain |
| 2. | afflicting | causing pain or trouble |
| 3. | agonizing | causing extreme pain |
| 4. | alarming | causing fear or concern |
| 5. | anguishing | causing deep mental pain |
| 6. | appalling | shocking and distressing |
| 7. | belittling | hurting by making seem unimportant |
| 8. | biting | stinging or cutting sharply |
| 9. | bothering | causing discomfort or annoyance |
| 10. | bruising | hurting or damaging tissue |
| 11. | burdensome | causing strain or distress |
| 12. | burning | feeling hot and painful |
| 13. | chafing | making skin sore by rubbing |
| 14. | contracting | tightening painfully |
| 15. | cramping | aching from muscle spasms |
| 16. | crippling | severely painful or disabling |
| 17. | crushing | causing overwhelming distress |
| 18. | cutting | causing sharp slicing pain |
| 19. | damaging | causing harm or injury |
| 20. | debilitating | causing weakness through pain or illness |
| 21. | devastating | causing severe emotional pain |
| 22. | disabling | limiting ability through pain |
| 23. | discomforting | causing unease or pain |
| 24. | distressing | causing emotional pain |
| 25. | disturbing | causing worry or distress |
| 26. | draining | wearing down painfully |
| 27. | embarrassing | causing social discomfort |
| 28. | excruciating | extremely painful |
| 29. | exhausting | painfully tiring |
| 30. | fretting | worrying painfully |
| 31. | frightening | causing fear or distress |
| 32. | gnawing | aching with a steady biting feeling |
| 33. | grating | irritating painfully |
| 34. | grinding | causing dull persistent pain |
| 35. | griping | causing sharp stomach pains |
| 36. | gut-wrenching | causing intense emotional pain |
| 37. | hammering | beating with forceful pain |
| 38. | harming | causing injury or damage |
| 39. | harrowing | causing deep distress |
| 40. | haunting | causing lingering distress |
| 41. | heart-rending | causing intense sorrow |
| 42. | heartbreaking | causing deep sadness |
| 43. | heavy | emotionally painful or oppressive |
| 44. | hurting | causing or feeling pain |
| 45. | immobilizing | preventing movement through pain |
| 46. | incapacitating | making unable to function |
| 47. | injuring | causing physical harm |
| 48. | insulting | hurting someone’s feelings |
| 49. | irritating | causing soreness or annoyance |
| 50. | jabbing | hurting with sudden sharp pain |
| 51. | jarring | causing painful shock or discomfort |
| 52. | maddening | causing unbearable irritation or pain |
| 53. | miserable | very painful or distressing |
| 54. | mortifying | causing extreme embarrassment |
| 55. | nagging | persistently aching or troubling |
| 56. | needling | causing sharp prickling pain |
| 57. | nipping | pinching or biting painfully |
| 58. | offending | hurting feelings or morals |
| 59. | oppressive | weighing painfully on someone |
| 60. | painful | causing or involving pain |
| 61. | piercing | causing sharp penetrating pain |
| 62. | pinching | causing squeezed sharp pain |
| 63. | pounding | throbbing heavily |
| 64. | pricking | causing small sharp pain |
| 65. | prickling | feeling many tiny stings |
| 66. | pulsing | beating with rhythmic pain |
| 67. | racking | causing extreme pain or strain |
| 68. | radiating | spreading pain outward |
| 69. | raw | sore and exposed |
| 70. | regrettable | causing sorrow or regret |
| 71. | rueful | showing painful regret |
| 72. | scorching | burning painfully with heat |
| 73. | searing | burning intensely and painfully |
| 74. | sensitive | easily hurt or irritated |
| 75. | smarting | stinging or hurting sharply |
| 76. | sore | painful or tender |
| 77. | spasming | contracting painfully and involuntarily |
| 78. | stabbing | hurting with sharp sudden pain |
| 79. | stinging | causing sharp burning pain |
| 80. | straining | hurting by overuse or pressure |
| 81. | suffering | experiencing pain or distress |
| 82. | taxing | causing strain or distress |
| 83. | tender | sensitive and painful to touch |
| 84. | throbbing | aching in strong pulses |
| 85. | tightening | becoming tense and painful |
| 86. | tingling | having prickly mild pain |
| 87. | tormenting | causing severe pain or distress |
| 88. | torturing | causing intense pain or anguish |
| 89. | troubling | causing worry or distress |
| 90. | twinging | hurting in brief sharp bursts |
| 91. | twingy | marked by brief sharp pains |
| 92. | uncomfortable | causing discomfort |
| 93. | unsettling | causing discomfort or anxiety |
| 94. | upsetting | causing emotional distress |
| 95. | weakening | reducing strength through pain |
| 96. | wearing | causing gradual pain or fatigue |
| 97. | worrying | causing anxiety or concern |
| 98. | wounding | hurting physically or emotionally |
| 99. | wracking | tormenting with severe pain |
| 100. | wrenching | causing deep emotional pain |
