175 entries under terrible topic. ×

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baleful(awful, strange, dreadful, horrifying)
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barbarous(adjective, appearance, hopeless)
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bleak(appearance, hopeless)
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corpselike(awful, shocking, upsetting, frightening)
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hopeless
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inexorable(adjective, appearance, hopeless)
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merciless(adjective, appearance, hopeless)
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mortuary(awful, grim, shocking, upsetting)
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objectionable(adjective, nasty, unpleasant, dirty)
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ominous(appearance, immoral, shocking, atrocious)
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relentless(adjective, appearance, hopeless)
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sepulchral(adjective, awful, grim, shocking)
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sinister(appearance, awful, violent, shocking)
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somber(appearance, hopeless)
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stern(adjective, appearance, hopeless)
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strange(awful, dreadful, horrifying)
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unnatural(awful, immoral, grim, shocking)
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unrelenting(adjective, appearance, hopeless)
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bloodless(awful, grim, shocking, upsetting)
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brackish(adjective, dirty, badly, scary)
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