bruising

Adjective
  1. Causing mental or emotional injury (synset 301164424)
    "a bruising experience"; "protected from the bruising facts of battle"
    similar to: harmful - causing or capable of causing harm
  2. Brutally forceful and compelling (synset 300845339)
    "protected from the bruising facts of battle"
    similar to: forceful - characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical)

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