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- Thesaurus|1.4k
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65 entries under distressing topic. ×
| vicious(adjective, mean, bad, hard, evil) | |
| afflictive(adjective, hard, severe, tender, pain) | |
| dire(adjective, severe, tender, unpleasant, awful) | |
| hard(adjective, mean, severe, harsh, tender) | |
| abusive(offensive, rude, harmful, damaging) | |
| disagreeable(adjective, hard, severe, tender, pain) | |
| ominous(adjective, offensive, cruel, unkind) | |
| harrowing(adjective, tender, offensive, raw, painful) | |
| nocuous(adjective, cruel, negative, unkind) | |
| offensive(adjective, bad, severe, rude, unpleasant) | |
| unhealthy(adjective, offensive, foul, disgusting) | |
| distasteful(adjective, hard, severe, tender, pain) | |
| merciless(adjective, mean, severe, harsh, unpleasant) | |
| poignant(adjective, hard, unpleasant, vicious, painful) | |
| annoying(adjective, sharp, nasty, tender, offensive) | |
| brutal(adjective, severe, harsh, unpleasant, cruel) | |
| corrupting(harmful, injurious, damaging, destructive) | |
| displeasing(adjective, pain, offensive, unpleasant, vicious) | |
| harassing(verb, offensive, injurious, damaging) | |
| nocent(adjective, negative, harmful, injurious) |
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