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- Thesaurus|2.4k
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81 entries under terrible topic. ×
| grievous(adjective, mean, tough, severe, rough) | |
| painful(adjective, moving, tough, severe, rough) | |
| upsetting(adjective, hard, moving, severe, happy) | |
| severe(adjective, tough, difficult, harsh, tender) | |
| disturbing(adjective, hard, moving, severe, happy) | |
| awful(adjective, bad, severe, sad, tender) | |
| troublesome(adjective, severe, rough, happy, difficult) | |
| depressing(adjective, hard, obscure, sad, pain) | |
| hurtful(adjective, severe, tender, unpleasant, awful) | |
| dire(adjective, severe, tender, unpleasant, awful) | |
| difficult(adjective, severe, rough, harsh, tender) | |
| woeful(adjective, mean, moving, poor, low) | |
| bad(adjective, severe, poor, sad, offensive) | |
| tragic(adjective, bad, awful, wretched) | |
| unfortunate(adjective, sad, unhappy, awful) | |
| calamitous(adjective, severe, sad, unhappy, unpleasant) | |
| afflictive(adjective, rough, tender, pain, unpleasant) | |
| bothersome(adjective, severe, difficult, offensive, unpleasant) | |
| heavy(adjective, tough, severe, rough, difficult) | |
| unpleasant(adjective, tough, severe, harsh, tender) |
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