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offensive(adjective, nasty, unpleasant, awful, dirty)
11
dire(adjective, awful, terrible, shocking, black)
11
disgusting(adjective, unpleasant, awful, vile, shocking)
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dismal(adjective, bad, sorrow, awful, depress)
11
frightful(adjective, evil, unpleasant, awful, terrible)
11
glaring(adjective, bright, passionate, vulgar, extravagant)
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grim(adjective, unpleasant, sorrow, awful, terrible)
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nasty(adjective, taste, unpleasant, awful, terrible)
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ashen(adjective, dull, light, soft, flat)
10
eerie(adjective, bad, unpleasant, sorrow, awful)
10
horrifying(adjective, awful, grim, shocking, atrocious)
10
intense(adjective, passionate, endured, colorful)
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sinister(adjective, bad, sorrow, awful, depress)
9
baleful(adjective, sorrow, awful, depress, fear)
9
obscene(adjective, dirty, foul, improper, shocking)
9
pallid(adjective, dull, light, soft, poor)
8
abhorrent(adjective, taste, unpleasant, awful, terrible)
8
creepy(adjective, bad, awful, strange, fear)
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extreme(adjective, shocking, explicit, sensational, endured)
8
garish(adjective, bright, vulgar, extravagant, loud)
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