5
urgent(adjective, severe, firm, prompt, big)
4
abysmal(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
4
afflictive(adjective, hard, severe, tender, unpleasant)
4
awed
4
brutal(adjective, unpleasant, terrible, vicious, wicked)
4
chronic(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
4
dangerous(adjective, significant, serious, vital, menacing)
4
daunting
4
ferocious(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
4
intimidating
4
intolerable(adjective, endured)
4
noxious(adjective, harmful, injurious, damaging, deadly)
4
pitiful
4
saddening(adjective, sickness, ache, anguishes)
4
spooky(adjective, black, baleful, bodeful)
4
tedious(adjective, sickness, ache, anguishes)
4
towering(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
4
troublesome(adjective, sickness, ache, anguishes)
4
ugly(adjective, terrible, ominous)
4
unpropitious(threatening, unfortunate, menacing, unfavorable, intimidating)
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