6
untrained(adjective, ignorant, illiterate, benighted, analphabetic)
6
upsetting(adjective, bleak, black, cloudy, chill)
6
witless(adjective, ignorant, illiterate, benighted, analphabetic)
5
abstruse(adjective, obscure, deep, ambiguous, cryptic)
5
atrocious(adjective, bad, evil, immoral, black)
5
baffling(adjective, obscure, deep, ambiguous, cryptic)
5
banned(adjective, bad, evil, immoral, black)
5
barred(adjective, bad, evil, immoral, black)
5
bedimmed(adjective, obscure, deep, ambiguous, cryptic)
5
bewildering(adjective, obscure, deep, ambiguous, cryptic)
5
blue(adjective, bleak, black, cloudy, chill)
5
callow(adjective, ignorant, illiterate, benighted, analphabetic)
5
clandestine(adjective, close, reticent, secretive, closemouthed)
5
complicated(adjective, obscure, deep, ambiguous, cryptic)
5
confounding(adjective, obscure, deep, ambiguous, cryptic)
5
contemptible(adjective, bad, evil, immoral, black)
5
corrupt(adjective, bad, evil, immoral, black)
5
covert(adjective, close, reticent, secretive, closemouthed)
5
cussed(adjective, bad, evil, immoral, black)
5
defiling(adjective, bad, evil, immoral, black)
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