achy
/ˈeɪki/
adjective
experiencing a consistent yet dull physical pain in a part of one's body
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1You might feel tired and achy after getting it, but that's not an infection.
2My legs get achy.
3Shortness of breath, achy muscles, and even acid reflux could actually be coming from bad posture!
4My whole body is achy.
5Achy, you know?
acute
/əkˈjut/
adjective
(of an illness) suddenly becoming severe but for a short time
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1The acute medical therapy is indicated in the exposure.
2How can you cut the blob entirely into acute triangles and stop it from destroying the planet?
3The delusional impact is acute.
4Hepatitis A virus --or HAV, for short-- is almost always acute.
5Risk of injury for big animals is acute.
agonizing
/ˈæɡənaɪzɪŋ/
adjective
causing a lot of difficulty, pain, or discomfort
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1The agonizing martyrdom of Phillip White coincided with the loyalist's worst fears of persecution.
2The Jays only recently busted a trend of agonizing collapses.
3The symptoms of bubonic plague are agonizing.
4And in that terrible moment, He made seven agonizing expressions.
5For centuries, surgery was often an agonizing experience.
crippling
/ˈkɹɪpəɫɪŋ/, /ˈkɹɪpɫɪŋ/
adjective
Inflicting damage or injuries so severe that causes a person to be physically disabled
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1This shutdown is really crippling.
2But in the dry season, the heat and the drought are crippling.
3it's crippling.
4Your abdominal pain could be crippling.
5This marketing-strategy meeting is more crippling than Kryptonite.
excruciating
/ɪksˈkɹuʃiˌeɪtɪŋ/
adjective
extremely painful
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1That exchange was excruciating.
2The pain was excruciating.
3The pain was excruciating.
4But, a viper's bite is excruciating.
5But a viper's bite is excruciating.
inflamed
/ɪnˈfɫeɪmd/
adjective
(of a part of the body) red, swollen, or painful, often as a result of an infection, injury, or disease
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1So, he said it's very inflamed.
2Before the President Misinformed and inflamed a Violent Mob who tore down the American Flag and Brutally Beat Capitol
3No one who participated in the RHETORIC that INFLAMED those events have FACED any kind of LIABILITY.
4(Remember, that’s an inflamed cornea.)
5Inflamed she was just
itchy
/ˈɪtʃi/
adjective
experiencing or causing an annoying feeling on the skin that makes a person want to scratch it
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1My back is so itchy!
2My nose is itchy.
3My nose is itchy.
4My back's itchy now.
5My nose is itchy.
painful
/ˈpeɪnfəɫ/
adjective
causing emotional or physical pain in someone
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1Arthritis is painful.
2Life is painful.
3This core between soul mates and Twin flames is particularly painful.
4Not all truth is painful.
5This one's painful.
painfully
/ˈpeɪnfəɫi/
adverb
in a way that causes physical or emotional discomfort or suffering
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1Right now, our anti-trust law is painfully weak.
2The result was painfully close.
3And the curtain slowly, painfully closes like this.
4Hundreds of thousands of people were exterminated, slowly and painfully.
5The whole thing was painfully awkward.
raging
/ˈɹeɪdʒɪŋ/
adjective
very severe
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1Look, it's the summer, there's a pandemic raging.
2With pandemic raging, Jerry Seinfeld says now is not a time for comedy.
3There is a pandemic raging.
4We're at Raging Waters.
5- Raging! -
severe
/səˈvɪɹ/
adjective
very bad, harsh, or intense
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1The contrast is severe.
2The public reaction was severe.
3The consequences are severe.
4Bruzer's ulcer is severe.
5Today's word is severe.
sharp
/ˈʃɑɹp/
adjective
keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point
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1Your basis was sharp.
2Those teeth are sharp.
3Those claws are sharp.
4The hunger pangs were sharp.
5This thing’s sharp!
sore
/ˈsɔɹ/
adjective
(of a body part) painful, sensitive, or aching
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1My big mouth has sores.
2Your legs be sore.
3My hands are sore!
4My groins is sore.
5Their arms got sore
agoraphobic
/ˌæɡoːɹɐfˈoʊbɪk/
adjective
suffering from agoraphobia; abnormally afraid of open or public places
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1I'm agoraphobic.
2Mostly he'll guide me through spaces that if I get agoraphobic in, he can do light switches and the electronic door handles and all that stuff too.
anaemic
/ɐnˈiːmɪk/
adjective
relating to anemia or suffering from anemia
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1There's no indication of the life-threatening parasite, but Maramba is a little anaemic.
2You might get a little anaemic.
38 - Feeling Constantly Cold: When your body becomes anaemic, which can be caused by kidney disease, it can also cause you to become cold in areas that are warm.
arthritic
/ɑɹˈθɹɪtɪk/
adjective
of or pertaining to arthritis
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1In reverse total shoulder procedure, the arthritic humeral head is replaced with a plastic cup and the metal ball is fixed onto the glenoid surface.
2Arthritic changes, degenerative changes, bulging discs.
3It fits arthritic hands.
4A study found that grape seed extract improved arthritic conditions.
5So arthritic conditions happen early on these pigs and sometimes that can be genetic and sometimes that can be an infection.
brain dead
/bɹˈeɪn dˈɛd/
adjective
having irreversible loss of brain function as indicated by a persistent flat electroencephalogram
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1After four days and four night notice hospital, Stone Foltz was declared Brain Dead.
concussed
/kənkˈʌst/
adjective
temporarily dizzy or unconscious after a bump, blow, or jolt to the head

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dehydrated
/dɪˈhaɪdɹeɪtəd/
adjective
suffering from excessive loss of water from the body
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1- Invest your life savings in dehydrated water.
2Your body is very dehydrated.
3My skin is so dehydrated.
4This is using dehydrated ones.
5This is using dehydrated ones.
diabetic
/ˌdaɪəˈbɛtɪk/
adjective
of or relating to or causing diabetes
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1So diabetics have lost that normal function.
2Diabetics can't eat watermelon?
3When it comes to blood sugar, they have diabetic goodness as well.
4Diabetics are much more vulnerable to heart disease than healthy people.
5Diabetics often have extremely poor eating habits.
dyslexic
/dɪˈsɫɛksɪk/
adjective
having a learning disorder that affects a person's ability to read, write, and spell
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1I'm extremely dyslexic.
2I was dyslexic.
3I'm dyslexic.
4I'm dyslexic.
5- I'm dyslexic.
epileptic
/ˌɛpəˈɫɛptɪk/
adjective
of or relating to or characteristic of epilepsy
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1Matt, are you epileptic?
2A man in his mid-30s had an epileptic attack.
3Someone close to me was experiencing epileptic seizures disorder at a later age.
4- It showed a possible epileptic focus in the patient's left temporal lobe.
5Epileptic patients and those with depression are also vulnerable to a drop in white blood cells.
frostbitten
/ˈfɹɔstˌbɪtən/
adjective
injured by freezing or partial freezing
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1Three out of his nine dogs collapsed and died, because their lungs were frostbitten.
2Lastly, put a bandage on the frostbitten area.
3And his hands were so badly frostbitten that he had to return to England.
4So he was completely lucid, but he was very severely frostbitten.
5Also, never rub the frostbitten areas because this may cause further tissue damage.
incontinent
/ˌɪnˈkɑntənənt/
adjective
not having control over urination and defecation
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1It also rendered her incontinent and significantly diminished her previous mental capacity.
2It’s not that you have an incontinent fish.
3About one out of three women over the age of 60 is estimated to be incontinent.
4The mirror image of the continent person is Aristotle's incontinent person.
5As you can see, you pump up, and Grandpa Whoopsie becomes incontinent.
leprous
/lˈɛpɹəs/
adjective
relating to or resembling or having leprosy
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1"Moses put his hand in his cloak, and when he took it out, the skin was leprous."
malnourished
/mæɫˈnɝɪʃt/
adjective
not being provided with adequate nourishment
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1The children were extremely malnourished, had very little social interaction with adults, and minimal care from their nurses.
2And finally, two full page photos end the essay with a malnourished boy.
3So we were very malnourished.
4Termite queens are given to malnourished children in Zambia and also to ill people in Cameroon among other medicinal uses.
5Do you know what malnourished means?
rheumatic
/ɹuˈmætɪk/
adjective
of or pertaining to arthritis
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1The jaundice lasted five weeks, and the rheumatic arthritis did not relapse until several weeks after the jaundice had disappeared.
2Mitral stenosis is most commonly caused by rheumatic fever, a complication of untreated strep throat or scarlet fever during childhood.
3For this reason, it is most prevalent in developing countries where rheumatic fever is more common.
4Because most cases of mitral stenosis are caused by rheumatic fever, prompt treatment of strep throat with antibiotics effectively prevents both rheumatic fever and mitral stenosis.
5Another important cause of aortic stenosis is chronic rheumatic fever, which can cause repeated inflammation and repair, leading to fibrosis.
sclerotic
/skləɹˈɑːɾɪk/
adjective
relating to or having sclerosis; hardened
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1In the very late stages, the bony trabeculae and cementoid material turn into large sclerotic masses of cemento-osseous material.
2Because the abnormal sclerotic bone has almost no blood vessels, it does not heal or fight infection very well.
3In osteoid osteomas, the nidi are smaller than 1.5cm in diameter and are often surrounded by a ring of sclerotic bone tissue.
4That ring of sclerotic tissue often produces prostaglandins, which are small molecules that trigger the sensation of pain.
5- You can see the sclerotic ring, the bones inside the eye.
ulcerated
/ˈʌlsɚɹˌeɪɾᵻd/
adjective
having an ulcer or canker
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1Then these ulcerated pustules ate away the skin and sometimes infected not only the fleshy parts, but the very bones as well.
2The car was in a handicapped zone, it was tagged, he had an ulcerated foot, he was in the car.
3The Car was in a handicap zone, it was tagged, he had an ulcerated foot, he was in the car.
vertiginous
/vɜːtˈɪdʒɪnəs/
adjective
having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
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1And here, as in other moments in the poem, high culture and low culture are brought together in a kind of vertiginous and interesting way.
banged up
/bˈæŋɡd ˈʌp/
adjective
harmed or injured
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1Let's go to the injury report the Cardinals pretty banged up Huh Tony oka, Mardis day-to-day, but I think there's a good chance.
2Your bike could arrive pretty banged up.
3It's very banged up.
4I'm pretty banged up out here and I could really use your help!
5If you bang into something, you might get banged up.
battered
/ˈbætɝd/
adjective
hurt or injured by frequent beatings or punishment
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1Her battered body was discovered six days later.
2It was pretty battered.
3Does the battered woman have the right to kill in self-defense?
4Defeated, the lions retreat, Battered and bloodied.
5Defeated, the lions retreat, Battered and bloodied.
broken
/ˈbɹoʊkən/
adjective
physically or mentally weakened as a result of much suffering
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1The organic component of soil, called humus, is mostly made up of broken down lignin.
2My HEART IS BROKEN.
3his leg is so broken.
4My focus gets so broken.
5This show is so broken.
burnt
/ˈbɝnt/
adjective
damaged by or injured with extreme heat due to having contact with heated objects or exposure to harmful chemicals
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1As booker T. Washington called it burnt to the Ground By a White Mob.
2All right, guys, we're about to throw on Burnt.
3Burnt. - Ah, ah, Burnt latex glove! - Burnt.
4We should be dealing with those businesses that have been BURNT out and those and DAMAGED.
5Burnt toast and over cooked steaks are now a thing of the past, providing you've got the cash of course.
concussed
/kənkˈʌst/
adjective
temporarily dizzy or unconscious after a bump, blow, or jolt to the head

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bruising
/ˈbɹuzɪŋ/
adjective
causing mental or emotional injury
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1Finally, low levels of platelets cause excessive bruising following minimal injury and easy bleeding.
2I still have the bruising from my ankle sprain.
3The hospital documented the bruising as well as a swollen eye.
4In addition to the bruising, the tire marks, the lack of clothes, Taylor also had kidney failure and hepatitis.
5He didn't neglect a single detail, right down to the fake bruising.

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