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- Thesaurus|2.4k
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79 entries under disturbing topic. ×
| irksome(adjective, difficult, offensive, awkward, shocking) | |
| dismaying(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, disgusting) | |
| embarrassing(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, awkward) | |
| harassing(verb, hard, severe, offensive, upsetting) | |
| torturing(verb, adjective, shocking, upsetting) | |
| vexing(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, upsetting) | |
| disconcerting(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, awkward) | |
| frightening(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, upsetting) | |
| gloomy(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, awful) | |
| intense(adjective, moving, wicked, emotional, touching) | |
| onerous(adjective, hard, severe, rough, difficult) | |
| alarming(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, upsetting) | |
| disagreeable(adjective, hard, tough, severe, rough) | |
| ominous(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, awful) | |
| troublous(adjective, happy, pain) | |
| unsettling(adjective, hard, severe, happy, pain) | |
| aggravating(adjective, offensive, shocking, upsetting, irritating) | |
| horrifying(adjective, unpleasant, awful, terrible, disgusting) | |
| traumatic(adjective, shocking, upsetting) | |
| unnerving(adjective, disgusting, shocking, upsetting) |
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