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53 entries under upsetting topic. ×
| foreboding(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, distressing) | |
| heart-rending(adjective, awful, terrible, shocking, dreadful) | |
| impeding(verb, adjective, hard, severe, offensive) | |
| mean(adjective, severe, harsh, hostile, unfriendly) | |
| torturous(adjective, bad, shocking, sorrowful, distressing) | |
| consequential(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, distressing) | |
| discouraging(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, distressing) | |
| dispiriting(adjective, disheartening, discouraging, disconcerting) | |
| prophetic(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, distressing) | |
| racking(shocking, distressing, unbearable, excruciating) | |
| tearing(shocking, distressing, unbearable, excruciating) | |
| torturing(shocking, distressing, unbearable, excruciating) | |
| uncertain(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, distressing) |
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