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35 entries under upsetting topic. ×

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scary(adjective, feeling, cause, fear, shocking)
29
startling(verb, adjective, characteristic, hard, severe)
21
frightening(verb, adjective, offensive, awful)
10
disturbing(verb, adjective, hard, severe)
9
dread(adjective, fear, horrible, shocking)
6
chilling(adjective, terrible, shocking, distressing)
5
disconcerting(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, distressing)
5
disquieting(adjective, hard, severe, offensive)
5
hair-raising(adjective, shocking, disturbing, intimidating)
5
ominous(adjective, hard, severe, offensive)
5
sinister(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, distressing)
5
worrying(adjective, hard, severe, offensive)
3
agitating(verb, hard, severe, offensive, distressing)
2
discouraging(hard, severe, offensive, distressing)
2
foreboding(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, distressing)
2
painful(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, fear)
2
pessimistic(hard, severe, offensive, distressing)
2
severe(adjective, hard, offensive, distressing)
1
harassing(hard, severe, offensive, distressing)
1
hard(severe, offensive, distressing, disturbing)
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