11
tragic(adjective, bad, awful, terrible, horrible)
11
unfortunate(adjective, severe, terrible, miserable, doomed)
10
critical(adjective, severe, important, extreme, serious)
10
agonizing(adjective, painful, sickness, ache, endured)
10
inauspicious(adjective, miserable, black, unfortunate, doomed)
10
mortal(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
10
piercing(adjective, painful, sickness, ache, endured)
10
portentous(adjective, terrible, fear, black, warn)
10
terrifying(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
10
tormenting(adjective, painful, sickness, ache, endured)
10
unlucky(adjective, wretched, black, grave, warn)
9
dismal(adjective, dull, dark, awful, terrible)
9
forbidding(adjective, black, baleful, bodeful, arouse bad emotions)
9
gloomy(adjective, dull, dark, awful, terrible)
9
morbid(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
9
odious(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
9
ominous(adjective, awful, miserable, wretched, foreboding)
9
ruinous(adjective, awful, terrible, painful, suffering)
9
unspeakable(adjective, bad, awful, terrible, foul)
8
destructive(adjective, grave, unfortunate, injurious, mortal)
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