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| grievous(mean, tough, severe, rough) | |
| sad(unhappy, sorrow, suffer, pain) | |
| agonizing(verb, painful, sickness, ache) | |
| painful(moving, tough, severe, rough) | |
| upsetting(hard, moving, severe, happy) | |
| deplorable(sad, pain, unhappy, sorrow) | |
| severe(tough, difficult, harsh, tender) | |
| disturbing(hard, moving, severe, happy) | |
| lamentable(sad, pain, unhappy, sorrow) | |
| distressful(happy, pain, disturbing) | |
| worrisome(hard, severe, happy, pain) | |
| worrying(hard, severe, offensive, uncertain) | |
| awful(bad, severe, sad, tender) | |
| harrowing(tender, offensive, miserable, wretched) | |
| terrible(severe, difficult, sad, tender) | |
| troublesome(severe, rough, happy, difficult) | |
| excruciating(painful, sickness, ache, anguishes) | |
| stressful(state, feeling, stress) | |
| depressing(hard, obscure, sad, pain) | |
| hurtful(severe, tender, unpleasant, awful) |
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