5
nasty(adjective, endured)
5
terrific
5
vicious(adjective, endured)
5
wretched(adjective, endured)
4
alarming
4
atrocious(adjective, awful, terrible, immoral, shocking)
4
bad(adjective, awful, terrible, dreadful, endured)
4
baleful(adjective, awful, terrible, black, dreadful)
4
extreme(adjective, violent, shocking, explicit, sensational)
4
hair-raising(adjective, bad, awful, disgusting, sinful)
4
ominous
4
pale
3
grewsome(adjective, endured)
3
acute(adjective, endured)
3
agonizing(adjective, endured)
3
ashen(awful, violent, grim, shocking, explicit)
3
bloodcurdling(awful, terrible, dreadful)
3
chilling
3
dark
3
deathlike(adjective, shocking, upsetting, frightening)
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