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| rueful(mean, low, sad, pain) | |
| ruthful(sad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer) | |
| sensitive(hurt, tender, painful, angry) | |
| stabbing(strong, violent) | |
| tedious(sickness, ache, anguishes) | |
| tough(severe, rough, nasty, harsh) | |
| troublous(happy, pain, disturbing) | |
| unlucky | |
| unsettling(hard, severe, happy, pain) | |
| virulent | |
| weighty(hurt, angry, sore, dispiritedness) | |
| woebegone(sad, unhappy, miserable, wretched) | |
| wounding(verb, awful, terrible, cruel) | |
| aggravating(offensive, shocking, upsetting, irritating) | |
| atrocious(bad, awful, terrible, wicked) | |
| daunting | |
| despicable(mean, poor, low, miserable) | |
| disappointing(sad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer) | |
| disconsolate(sad, unhappy, sorrowful, somber) | |
| down(sad, unhappy, sorrow, suffer) |
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