5
flamboyant(adjective, bright, vulgar, extravagant, loud)
5
glowing(adjective, bright)
5
graphic(adjective, shocking, explicit, sensational, gruesome)
5
hair-raising(adjective, bad, awful, strange, disgusting)
5
nightmarish(adjective, endured)
5
odious(adjective, taste, awful, terrible, endured)
5
pasty(adjective, dull, light, soft, poor)
5
sallow(adjective, dull, light, soft, poor)
5
spine-chilling(adjective, bad, awful, disgusting, sinful)
5
sullen(adjective, sorrow, awful, depress, fear)
5
violent(adjective, shocking, explicit, sensational, gruesome)
5
vulgar(bright, dirty, foul, improper, loud)
4
bad(adjective, unpleasant, awful, terrible, disgusting)
4
blanched(adjective, dull, light, soft, flat)
4
blatant(adjective, bright, vulgar, extravagant, loud)
4
blinding(adjective, bright)
4
bloodless(adjective, dull, light, soft, poor)
4
brassy(bright, vulgar, loud, flamboyant)
4
bright(adjective, bright, vulgar, loud)
4
brilliant(adjective, bright, extravagant, loud, flashy)
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