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| grievous(adjective, hard, severe, difficult, tender) | |
| painful(adjective, hard, severe, difficult, tender) | |
| disastrous(adjective, awful, terrible, painful) | |
| distressing(adjective, severe, tender, unpleasant, awful) | |
| calamitous(adjective, severe, unpleasant, awful, terrible) | |
| catastrophic(adjective, awful, terrible, painful) | |
| deplorable(adjective, terrible, wretched, shameful) | |
| woeful(adjective, unpleasant, awful, terrible) | |
| unfortunate(adjective, severe, terrible, doomed) | |
| inauspicious(adjective, black, unfortunate, doomed) | |
| ominous(adjective, awful, wretched, foreboding) | |
| cataclysmic(adjective, awful, terrible, painful) | |
| lamentable(adjective, awful, terrible, wretched) | |
| heartbreaking(adjective, unpleasant, awful, terrible) | |
| regrettable(adjective, wrong, terrible, wretched) | |
| afflictive(adjective, hard, severe, tender, unpleasant) | |
| untoward(wretched, adversity, unfortunate, doomed) | |
| dolorous(adjective, wretched, shameful, unfortunate) | |
| ill-fated(wretched, threatening, unfortunate, doomed) | |
| ill-starred(wretched, unfortunate, doomed, unfavorable) |
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