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79 entries under shocking topic. ×
| haggard(upsetting, frightening) | |
| livid(upsetting, frightening) | |
| lurid(awful, terrible, dreadful, upsetting) | |
| macabre(awful, terrible, dreadful, upsetting) | |
| morbid(awful, terrible, dreadful, upsetting) | |
| mortuary(upsetting, frightening) | |
| numbing | |
| pallid(upsetting, frightening) | |
| repellent(adjective, offensive, unpleasant, disgusting) | |
| sepulchral(upsetting, frightening) | |
| spectral(upsetting, frightening) | |
| supernatural(upsetting, frightening) | |
| tearing(upsetting, disturbing, unbearable, excruciating) | |
| uncanny(upsetting, frightening) | |
| unearthly(awful, terrible, dreadful, upsetting) | |
| unnatural(upsetting, frightening) | |
| wan(upsetting, frightening) | |
| weak(inadequate, cheap, worthless, substandard) | |
| wraithlike(upsetting, frightening) |
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