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36 entries under distressing topic. ×
| grievous(adjective, mean, poor, low, sad) | |
| dire(adjective, unpleasant, awful, terrible, miserable) | |
| woeful(adjective, mean, moving, poor, low) | |
| calamitous(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, awful) | |
| afflictive(adjective, unpleasant, awful, terrible, miserable) | |
| agonizing(adjective, moving, emotional, shocking, touching) | |
| bitter(adjective, moving, unpleasant, vicious, emotional) | |
| irksome | |
| painful(adjective, moving, sad, unpleasant, awful) | |
| poignant(adjective, moving, sad, tender, unpleasant) | |
| cheerless(adjective, mean, low, wretched) | |
| disappointing(adjective, sad, unhappy, miserable, sorrowful) | |
| provoking(adjective, moving, unpleasant, vicious, painful) | |
| bad(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, terrible) | |
| onerous | |
| annoying(adjective, unpleasant, vicious, painful) | |
| brutal(adjective, unpleasant, vicious, painful) | |
| disagreeable(adjective, unpleasant, vicious, painful) | |
| displeasing(adjective, unpleasant, vicious, painful) | |
| distasteful(adjective, unpleasant, vicious, painful) |
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