Hard to bear, endure, or withstand; oppressive, grievous, sore; distressful.

Of pain, punishment, suffering, discipline, law: Sharp, severe, painful, grievous. Obsolete.

Severe; causing much suffering.

Not soft; hard, severe.

Of events, times, etc.: Dreadful, terrible.

Of pain (physical or mental), sorrow, etc.: sharp, keen, painful, severe. Also of a wound or other cause of discomfort.

Of things, in various transferred uses. Of grief or pain: Oppressive, hard to bear.

Of conditions, circumstances, etc.: Causing or characterized by great suffering; extremely painful or distressing; colloquial = severe, hard.

Severe, strict, harsh. Of pain, suffering, grief, etc.: Keen, acute, intense. Of experiences: Intensely painful.

As an intensive, qualifying a word denoting something in itself bad, irksome, or undesirable: Grievous… of injury, loss, disease, etc. Obsolete.

Grievous, heavy, stinging; rigorous; painful.

Causing, involving, or characterized by pain.

= painous, adj.

Acutely felt; markedly painful or pleasurable. Often with to. Obsolete.

Very harsh, severe, or painful; formidable; very difficult. Hence: (usually of something disapproved of) very great, extreme; excessive, extreme…

Grievous, grave, severe. Obsolete.

Of pain, suffering, loss, or the like: Grievous, extreme.