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128 entries under upsetting topic. ×
| ghostly(shocking, frightening) | |
| ghoulish(awful, terrible, shocking, dreadful) | |
| grisly(awful, terrible, shocking, dreadful) | |
| haggard(shocking, frightening) | |
| impeding(hard, severe, offensive, disturbing) | |
| inappropriate(cruel, unkind) | |
| insensitive(cruel, unkind) | |
| livid(shocking, frightening) | |
| lurid(awful, terrible, shocking, dreadful) | |
| macabre(awful, terrible, shocking, dreadful) | |
| morbid(awful, terrible, shocking, dreadful) | |
| mortuary(shocking, frightening) | |
| nocuous(cruel, unkind, harmful, damaging) | |
| pallid(shocking, frightening) | |
| prophetic(hard, severe, offensive, disturbing) | |
| repellent(adjective, offensive, unpleasant, disgusting, shocking) | |
| sepulchral(shocking, frightening) | |
| spectral(shocking, frightening) | |
| supernatural(shocking, frightening) | |
| tactless(cruel, unkind) |
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