4
scaring(verb, frightening, haunting)
4
terrific
4
threatening(verb, frightening)
3
acute(adjective, endured)
3
astounding(adjective, awful, terrible, strange, disgusting)
3
beastly
3
brutal
3
contemptible
3
direful
3
distasteful(adjective, endured)
3
distressing(adjective, unpleasant, awful, terrible, disgusting)
3
eerie(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, dreadful)
3
excruciating(adjective, endured)
3
flagitious
3
forbidding
3
gory(adjective, violent, shocking, explicit, sensational)
3
harsh(adjective, endured)
3
haunting(verb, frightening, haunting)
3
insufferable(adjective, endured)
3
insupportable(adjective, endured)
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