Related Words for hard done by

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screwed
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Verb
beat up
/x
Phrase, Verb, Adjective, Noun
hard put
//
Phrase, Adjective
boned
/
Adjective
cashed
/
Verb
cut up
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
through the mill
/x/
Phrase, Adjective
beat
/
Noun
hot on
//
Phrase, Adjective
bagged
/
Verb
dipped
/
Verb
stay
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Verb
stuck up
//
Phrase, Adjective
stiff
/
Adjective
chopped
/
Adjective
gone
/
Verb
teed off
//
Phrase, Adjective
tore up
//
Phrase, Adjective
off the hook
/x/
Phrase, Adjective
shot
/
Noun
high and dry
///
Phrase, Adjective
backed
/
Adjective
down for the count
//x/
Phrase, Adjective
pressed for time
///
Phrase, Adjective
snowed under
//x
Phrase, Adjective
bent on
//
Phrase, Adjective
clocked
/
Adjective
in for it
x//
Phrase, Adjective
stuck on
//
Phrase, Adjective
like the cat that got the cream
/x///x/
Phrase, Adjective
round the twist
/x/
Phrase, Adjective
easier said than done
/xx///
Phrase, Adjective
on the ropes
/x/
Phrase, Adjective
taken
/x
Verb
heated
/x
Adjective
cut out
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
spare
/
Adjective
sprung
/
Verb
dressed to kill
///
Phrase, Adjective
cautioned
/x
Verb
acacia
x/x
Noun
accomplished
x/x
Adjective
accurate
/xx
Adjective
achieved
x/
Adjective
acquitted
x/x
Adjective
act
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
action
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
actively
/xx
Adverb
actuality
xx/xx
Noun
actually
/xxx
Adverb
acutely
x/x
Adverb
address
/x
Noun, Verb
administered
x/xx
Verb
admirable
/xxx
Adjective
adopted
x/x
Adjective
advanced
x/
Adjective
adversely
x/x
Adverb
affected
x/x
Adjective, Noun
aggressively
x/xx
Adverb
alcoholic
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
all
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
allowed
x/
Adjective
amateurish
/xxx
Adjective
ambitious
x/x
Adjective
amortized
/xx
Adjective
anecdotal
xx/x
Adjective
ankara
/xx
Name
applied
x/
Adjective
ardently
/xx
Adverb
asked
/
Adjective
assiduously
x/xx
Adverb
assumed
x/
Adjective
assured
x/
Adjective, Noun
attained
x/
Adjective
avid
/x
Adjective
awarded
x/x
Verb
awful
/x
Adjective, Adverb
awkward
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
backbreaking
/xx
Adjective
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
badass
/x
Noun, Adjective
badly
/x
Adverb, Adjective
baffling
/xx
Adjective, Noun
baked
/
Adjective
band
/
Noun, Verb
because
x/
Adverb
become
x/
Verb
been
/
Verb
begun
x/
Noun
big
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
binding
/x
Noun, Adjective
bitterly
/xx
Adverb
blunt
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
brick
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
brought
/
Verb
brutally
/xx
Adverb
brute
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
built
/
Adjective, Noun
bully
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bummer
/x
Noun
burdensome
/xx
Adjective
burnt
/
Adjective
busy
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
calculated
/xxx
Adjective
calculative
/xxx
Adjective
callous
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
carefully
/xx
Adverb
carried
/x
Verb
cases
/x
Noun
catchy
/x
Adjective
caused
/
Verb
ceaselessly
/xx
Adverb
challenge
/x
Noun, Verb
cheap
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
claimed
/
Adverb
classic
/x
Adjective, Noun
closely
/x
Adverb
coarse
/
Adjective
coercive
x/x
Adjective
cold
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
come
/
Verb, Noun
commitment
x/x
Noun
committed
x/x
Adjective
compiled
x/
Verb
complete
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
completion
x/x
Noun
complex
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
complicated
/xxx
Adjective
complied
x/
Verb
comprehensive
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
compulsory
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
concise
x/
Adjective, Verb
concluded
x/x
Adjective
conclusive
x/x
Adjective
concrete
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
conducted
x/x
Verb
conniving
x/x
Adjective
conscientiously
xx/xx
Adverb
consequence
/xx
Noun, Verb
considerable
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
contributed
x/xx
Verb
convertible
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
convincing
x/x
Adjective, Noun
cooked
/
Adjective
corresponds
xx/
Verb
costly
/x
Adjective
created
x/x
Verb
creditable
/xxx
Adjective
cruelly
/x
Adverb
cumbersome
/xx
Adjective
damning
/x
Adjective, Noun
damped
/
Adjective
date
/
Noun, Verb
daunting
/x
Adjective, Noun
dealt
/
Noun
decided
x/x
Adjective, Noun
dedicated
/xxx
Adjective
deed
/
Noun, Verb
deeply
/x
Adverb
delicate
/xx
Adjective, Noun
delivered
x/x
Adjective
delivery
x/xx
Noun
demanding
x/x
Adjective
demonstrated
/xxx
Adjective
deployed
x/
Verb
depreciated
x/xxx
Verb, Adjective
desperately
/xxx
Adverb
detailed
x/
Adjective, Noun
determined
x/x
Adjective
developed
x/x
Adjective
devoted
x/x
Adjective
did
/
Noun
diff
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
difficile
/xx
Adjective
difficult
/xx
Adjective, Verb
difficulty
/xxx
Noun
diligently
/xxx
Adverb
diluted
x/x
Adjective
dire
/
Adjective, Noun
directed
x/x
Adjective
disc
/
Noun, Verb
discharged
x/
Adjective
disk
/
Noun, Verb
distressing
x/x
Adjective
doggedly
/xx
Adverb
draconian
x/xx
Adjective
drafted
/x
Adjective
drawn
/
Adjective
driven
/x
Adjective
dry
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
dur
x
Noun, Adjective
dura
/x
Noun
duro
/x
Name
durum
/x
Noun
earned
/
Adjective
earnestly
/xx
Adverb
easily
/xx
Adverb
easy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
effect
x/
Noun, Verb
effectively
x/xx
Adverb
effort
/x
Noun, Verb
effortful
/xx
Adjective
elusive
x/x
Adjective
embarrassing
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
end
/
Noun, Verb
endeavour
x/x
Noun, Verb
energetically
xx/xx
Adverb
enforced
x/
Adjective