Synonyms of the word

afflictive

• adj. That causes physical or mental pain.

painful

• adj. Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental.
• adj. Afflicted or suffering with pain (of a body part or, formerly, of a person).
• adj. Requiring effort or labor; difficult, laborious.
• adj. (now rare) Painstaking; careful; industrious.
• adj. (informal) Very bad, poor.

sore

• adj. Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.
• adj. Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.
• adj. Dire; distressing.
• adj. (informal) Feeling animosity towards someone; annoyed or angered.
• adj. (obsolete) Criminal; wrong; evil.
• adv. (archaic) Very, excessively, extremely (of something bad).
• adv. Sorely.
• n. An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.
• n. Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.
• n. A group of ducks on land. (See also: sord).
• n. A young hawk or falcon in its first year.
• n. A young buck in its fourth year.
• v. (transitive) To mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait.

unpleasant

• adj. Not pleasant.