3
ghoul(noun, ghost)
3
horrible
3
load(noun, trouble, bother, blow, distress)
2
annoyance(noun, trouble, bother, blow, distress)
2
apparition(noun, desire, fancy, spirit, hope)
2
awe(noun, distress, anxiety, awful, terrible)
2
awful
2
bitch
2
bogeyman
2
bother(noun, trouble, blow, distress, care)
2
burden(noun, trouble, bother, blow, distress)
2
complication(noun, trouble, bother, blow, distress)
2
conceit(noun, desire, hope, fantasy, notion)
2
cunt(noun, person, individual, bitch, pig)
2
difficulty(noun, trouble, blow, distress, care)
2
drag(noun, trouble, blow, distress, care)
2
dread(noun, distress, anxiety, awful, terrible)
2
dreadful(adjective, terrible, frightening, traumatic, terrifying)
2
flight of imagination(noun, expression, idiom, desire, fancy)
2
fright(noun, distress, anxiety, awful, terrible)
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