Hellacious and Painful

Hellacious

Hellacious adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.
Usage example: the pioneers survived a particularly hellacious river crossing with their covered wagon barely in one piece

Painful and hellacious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Painful" instead an adjective "Hellacious".

Painful

Painful adjective - Causing or feeling bodily pain.

Hellacious and painful are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hellacious" instead an adjective "Painful".

Nearby Words: pain, pained, painfully, painless, paining
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