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- Thesaurus|3.5k
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99 entries under distressing topic. ×
| displeasing(adjective, pain, offensive, unpleasant, disgusting) | |
| heartbreaking(adjective, moving, sad, unpleasant, awful) | |
| moving(adjective, emotional, touching, upsetting) | |
| pathetic(adjective, moving, sad, awful, terrible) | |
| rigorous(adjective, hard, tough, severe, difficult) | |
| ugly(adjective, bad, tough, severe, offensive) | |
| wicked(adjective, tough, severe, evil, nasty) | |
| calamitous(adjective, severe, sad, unpleasant, awful) | |
| discomforting(hard, severe, difficult, offensive) | |
| disconcerting(adjective, hard, severe, offensive) | |
| injurious(adjective, bad, severe, offensive, awful) | |
| joyless(gloomy, upsetting, tragic, plaintive) | |
| regrettable(miserable, wretched, upsetting, anguished) | |
| rueful(sad, unhappy, miserable, wretched) | |
| agitating(hard, moving, severe, offensive, touching) | |
| alarming(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, shocking) | |
| barbarous(adjective, severe, evil, nasty, harsh) | |
| brutal(adjective, tough, evil, nasty, harsh) | |
| creepy(hard, severe, offensive, upsetting) | |
| dangerous(adjective, bad, tough, severe, offensive) |
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