"worked with painful slowness"
"it was a sore trial to him"
"the painful process of growing up"
"atrocious taste"
"abominable workmanship"
"an awful voice"
"dreadful manners"
"a painful performance"
"terrible handwriting"
"an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
"bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful"