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