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| dreadful(adjective, pain, awful, terrible, fear) | |
| grievous(adjective, hard, severe, difficult, tender) | |
| awful(adjective, bad, awful, terrible, fear) | |
| appalling(adjective, pain, awful, terrible, fear) | |
| cruel(adjective, hard, difficult, unpleasant, awful) | |
| frightful(adjective, pain, awful, terrible, fear) | |
| horrible(adjective, awful, terrible, fear, afraid) | |
| horrid(adjective, awful, terrible, fear, horrible) | |
| shocking(adjective, pain, awful, terrible, fear) | |
| fearful(adjective, pain, awful, terrible, fear) | |
| grim(adjective, pain, dark, awful, terrible) | |
| disastrous(adjective, awful, terrible, miserable, painful) | |
| evil(adjective, awful, black, atrocious, harmful) | |
| bad(adjective, unpleasant, awful, terrible, vicious) | |
| distressing(adjective, severe, tender, unpleasant, awful) | |
| calamitous(adjective, severe, unpleasant, awful, terrible) | |
| catastrophic(adjective, awful, terrible, miserable, painful) | |
| sinister(adjective, evil, nasty, awful, black) | |
| alarming(adjective, awful, terrible, fear, shocking) | |
| deplorable(adjective, terrible, miserable, wretched, shameful) |
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