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- Thesaurus|1.5k
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47 entries under upsetting topic. ×
| awful(adjective, good, bad, great, severe) | |
| shocking(adjective, good, great, severe, evil) | |
| hideous(adjective, taste, dislike, unpleasant, awful) | |
| horrid(adjective, evil, taste, unpleasant, base) | |
| terrible(adjective, good, bad, great, severe) | |
| horrible(adjective, good, great, evil, unpleasant) | |
| frightful(adjective, good, great, pain, unpleasant) | |
| ghastly(adjective, good, unpleasant, awful, terrible) | |
| gruesome(adjective, taste, unpleasant, awful, terrible) | |
| grisly(adjective, unpleasant, awful, terrible, disgusting) | |
| horrendous(adjective, good, unpleasant, awful, terrible) | |
| frightening(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, unreasonable) | |
| repulsive(adjective, evil, offensive, unpleasant, base) | |
| terrifying(adjective, unpleasant, awful, terrible, disgusting) | |
| offensive(adjective, severe, evil, unpleasant, base) | |
| disgusting(adjective, evil, offensive, unpleasant, base) | |
| abhorrent(adjective, taste, unpleasant, awful, terrible) | |
| loathsome(adjective, evil, offensive, unpleasant, base) | |
| grim(adjective, sad, pain, unhappy, unpleasant) | |
| lurid(adjective, taste, unpleasant, awful, terrible) |
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