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| blue(sad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer) | |
| disconcerting(hard, severe, offensive, awkward) | |
| dispiriting(obscure, sad, unhappy, dark) | |
| fearful(bad, terrible, wicked, dreadful) | |
| frightening(hard, severe, offensive, upsetting) | |
| gloomy(hard, severe, offensive, awful) | |
| grave | |
| heart-rending(awful, terrible, miserable, shocking) | |
| intense(moving, wicked, emotional, touching) | |
| joyless(mean, low, sad, pain) | |
| moving(mean, low, sad, miserable) | |
| nerve-wracking | |
| onerous(hard, severe, rough, difficult) | |
| serious(tough, severe, rough, difficult) | |
| touching(mean, moving, low, sad) | |
| vicious(unpleasant, wicked, painful) | |
| aggrieved(hurt, angry, sore, dispiritedness) | |
| alarming(hard, severe, offensive, upsetting) | |
| appalling(bad, awful, terrible, shocking) | |
| catastrophic(sad, unhappy, awful, terrible) |
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