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99 entries under distressing topic. ×
| dolent(sad, unhappy, miserable, wretched) | |
| heavy-hearted(sad, sorry, mournful, grief-stricken) | |
| inconvenient(hard, severe, offensive, tricky) | |
| lugubrious(sad, unhappy, miserable, wretched) | |
| merciless(adjective, severe, evil, nasty, harsh) | |
| ominous(hard, severe, offensive, shocking) | |
| outrageous(adjective, bad, severe, harsh, offensive) | |
| perplexing(hard, severe, offensive, tricky) | |
| perturbing(hard, moving, severe, offensive, touching) | |
| provoking(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, unpleasant) | |
| ruthful(sad, miserable, wretched, sorry) | |
| ruthless(adjective, evil, nasty, harsh, unpleasant) | |
| sinister(hard, severe, offensive, upsetting) | |
| consequential(hard, severe, offensive, upsetting) | |
| discommoding(hard, severe, offensive, upsetting) | |
| discomposing(hard, severe, offensive, upsetting) | |
| discouraging(hard, severe, offensive, upsetting) | |
| foreboding(hard, severe, offensive, upsetting) | |
| full of sorrow(expression, idiom, sad, sorry) | |
| heartbroken(sad, sorry, mournful, grief-stricken) |
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