2
demoralizing
2
discomposing(hard, severe, offensive, distressing, upsetting)
2
dreadful
2
dreading
2
embarrassing(hard, severe, offensive, distressing, upsetting)
2
fearing
2
horrible
2
intimidating
2
panicking(verb, alarming)
2
perturbing(hard, severe, offensive, distressing, upsetting)
2
surprising(verb, alarming)
2
troubling(adjective, depression, sadness, down, woe)
2
vexing(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, distressing)
1
affecting
1
afflictive
1
affrighting
1
agonizing
1
amazing(adjective, state, astonishment)
1
awful
1
bitter
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