2
chilling
2
depressing(adjective, unpleasant, terrible, dreadful, dismaying)
2
despicable
2
disastrous
2
fiendish
2
ghostly(shocking, upsetting, frightening)
2
grievous(adjective, awful, terrible, dreadful)
2
grotesque
2
inhuman
2
ominous
2
redoubtable(awful, terrible, strange, dreadful)
2
ruthless
2
sensational(adjective, violent, amazing, shocking, striking)
2
strange(awful, terrible, dreadful)
2
tragic
2
uncanny(awful, terrible, immoral, shocking, atrocious)
2
unearthly(awful, terrible, strange, shocking, dreadful)
2
unnatural(awful, terrible, immoral, grim, shocking)
2
wicked
1
abject
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