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irritating(verb, hard, severe, rough)
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melancholy(sad, pain, unhappy, sorrow)
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oppressive
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perturbing(hard, severe, happy, pain)
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piteous(mean, low, sad, pain)
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pitiable(mean, poor, low, pain)
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shocking(bad, offensive, awful, rotten)
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sorry(sad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer)
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throbbing(verb, painful, sickness, ache)
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torturous(shocking, upsetting, disturbing, tormenting)
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trying(verb, hard, severe, tender)
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unpleasant(tough, severe, harsh, tender)
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anguishing(verb, disturbing, punishing, paining)
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biting(painful, sickness, ache, anguishes)
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creepy(hard, severe, offensive, awful)
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cruel(sad, harsh, unhappy, unpleasant)
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disastrous(sad, unhappy, awful, terrible)
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discomforting(verb, hard, severe, offensive)
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fierce(strong, awful, violent, terrible)
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heartbreaking(mean, moving, poor, low)
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