3
grand(adjective, greatness)
3
grim
3
hair-raising(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
3
hairy
3
harrowing(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
3
hellish(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
3
horrible(adjective, awful, terrible, afraid)
3
howling(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
3
immane(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
3
longing(noun, adjective, keen, need, dying)
3
melancholy(adjective, hopeless)
3
morbid(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
3
mortal(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
3
nasty(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
3
odious(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
3
perishing(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
3
pessimistic(adjective, upset, sad, unhappy, melancholy)
3
raging(adjective, violent, wild, cruel, violence)
3
resolute
3
risky(adjective, reckless, outrageous)
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