3
unsettling(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
3
very bad(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
3
vicious(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
3
woeful(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
3
woesome(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
3
wretched(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
2
awed
2
awaited(verb, adjective, expected)
2
dismayed
2
envisioned(verb, adjective, expected)
2
expected(verb, adjective, expected)
2
frighted
2
funked
2
suspected(verb, expected)
1
alarmed
1
anticipated(verb, adjective, expected)
1
abhorred
1
affrighted
1
alarming
1
arrested
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