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| virulent(adjective, wicked) | |
| weighty(adjective, hurt, angry, sore, dispiritedness) | |
| woebegone(adjective, sad, unhappy, miserable, wretched) | |
| wounding(verb, adjective, awful, terrible, cruel) | |
| aggravating(adjective, offensive, shocking, upsetting, irritating) | |
| atrocious(adjective, bad, awful, terrible, wicked) | |
| baneful(harmful, damaging) | |
| chafing(verb, paining) | |
| climacteric | |
| cramping(verb, paining) | |
| dark | |
| daunting | |
| depressive | |
| despicable(adjective, mean, poor, low, miserable) | |
| disappointing(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer) | |
| disconsolate(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrowful, somber) | |
| down(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer) | |
| forlorn(adjective, poor, sad, unhappy, miserable) | |
| galling(adjective, hard, severe, rough, harsh) | |
| horrifying(adjective, unpleasant, awful, terrible, disgusting) |
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