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forbidding(adjective, appearance, terrible, hopeless)
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haggard(adjective, dull, light, soft, poor)
8
livid(adjective, dull, light, soft, flat)
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objectionable(adjective, dull, bad, nasty, offensive)
8
redoubtable(adjective, awful, terrible, fear, dreadful)
8
rotten(adjective, bad, nasty, unpleasant, awful)
8
sepulchral(adjective, extraordinary, unreasonable, shocking, pale)
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unearthly(adjective, bad, unreasonable, pale, dreadful)
8
unholy(adjective, bad, offensive, unpleasant, awful)
7
damnable(adjective, bad, awful, terrible, disgusting)
7
deathly(adjective, thin, dead, pale, live)
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formidable(adjective, bad, terrible, fear, shocking)
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frumpy(adjective, dull, terrible, dirty, disgusting)
7
grueling(adjective, bad, awful, terrible, disgusting)
7
haggish(adjective, dull, disgusting, ugly, bad-looking)
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nightmarish(adjective, terrible, unreasonable, absurd, heavenly)
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not good
7
uncanny(adjective, bad, awful, disgusting, pale)
7
unprepossessing(adjective, dull, disgusting, ugly, bad-looking)
6
abysmal(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
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