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79 entries under disturbing topic. ×
| pessimistic(hard, severe, offensive, upsetting) | |
| provoking(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, unpleasant) | |
| sinister(hard, severe, offensive, awful, terrible) | |
| startling(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, upsetting) | |
| threatening(hard, severe, offensive, hopeless, upsetting) | |
| grisly(awful, terrible, shocking, dreadful, upsetting) | |
| gruesome(tough, nasty, unpleasant, awful, terrible) | |
| impeding(hard, severe, offensive, upsetting) | |
| lurid(awful, terrible, shocking, dreadful, upsetting) | |
| macabre(awful, terrible, shocking, dreadful, upsetting) | |
| morbid(awful, terrible, shocking, dreadful, upsetting) | |
| prophetic(hard, severe, offensive, upsetting) | |
| repellent(adjective, offensive, unpleasant, disgusting, shocking) | |
| struggling(unbearable, excruciating) | |
| tearing(shocking, upsetting, unbearable, excruciating) | |
| uncertain(hard, severe, offensive, upsetting) | |
| vehement(unbearable, excruciating) | |
| very painful | |
| violent(strong, unbearable, excruciating) |
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