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affecting(verb, adjective, moving, emotional, touching)
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awful
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bitter(adjective, hard, moving, severe, sharp)
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deleterious(adjective, harmful, threatening, unfavorable, ominous)
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deranging(verb, adjective, deranging)
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destructive(adjective, violent, hostile, harmful, unfavorable)
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disagreeable(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, unpleasant)
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disarranging(noun, verb, confusion, uncertainty, turmoil)
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discomfiting(noun, adjective, difficult, confusion, uncertainty)
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dismaying(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, shocking)
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distracting(verb, awkward, uneasy, uncomfortable, troublesome)
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enraging(verb, adjective, aggravating)
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evil(adjective, harmful, threatening, unfavorable, ominous)
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excruciating(awkward, shocking, uneasy, distressing, upsetting)
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fretting(verb, aggravating, chafing)
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grim(adjective, hard, severe, sharp, flat)
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inauspicious
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injurious(adjective, awful, terrible, dreadful, threatening)
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irking(verb, aggravating)
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mortifying(awkward, uneasy, uncomfortable)
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