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57 entries under distressing topic. ×
| threatening(adjective, person, mean, bad, wrong) | |
| sinister(adjective, person, appearance, mean, bad) | |
| foreboding(adjective, person, appearance, mean, bad) | |
| gloomy(adjective, hard, severe, obscure, dark) | |
| hopeless(adjective, appearance, obscure, sad, dark) | |
| dismal(adjective, obscure, sad, dark, awful) | |
| hard(adjective, person, severe, offensive) | |
| dreary(adjective, obscure, sad, dark, gloomy) | |
| hurtful(adjective, offensive, cruel, unkind) | |
| unpleasant(adjective, person, mean, hard, severe) | |
| bleak(adjective, appearance, obscure, sad, dark) | |
| horrible(adjective, evil, obscure, nasty, dark) | |
| disagreeable(adjective, person, hard, severe, dark) | |
| discomforting(hard, severe, offensive, upsetting) | |
| pessimistic(hard, severe, offensive, upsetting) | |
| severe(adjective, appearance, hard, dark, heavy) | |
| consequential(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, heavy) | |
| depressing(adjective, hard, severe, obscure, sad) | |
| difficult(hard, severe, offensive, disturbing) | |
| discouraging(hard, severe, offensive, upsetting) |
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