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56 entries under upsetting topic. ×
| sinister(hard, severe, offensive, distressing) | |
| unnerving(adjective, shocking, disturbing, worrying) | |
| consequential(hard, severe, offensive, distressing) | |
| discommoding(hard, severe, offensive, distressing) | |
| discomposing(hard, severe, offensive, distressing) | |
| discouraging(hard, severe, offensive, distressing) | |
| foreboding(hard, severe, offensive, distressing) | |
| impeding(hard, severe, offensive, distressing) | |
| menacing(shocking, injurious, damaging, disturbing) | |
| pessimistic(hard, severe, offensive, distressing) | |
| prophetic(hard, severe, offensive, distressing) | |
| startling(hard, severe, offensive, distressing) | |
| tearing(severe, shocking, disturbing, unbearable) | |
| threatening(hard, severe, offensive, distressing) | |
| uncertain(hard, severe, offensive, distressing) | |
| unsettling(hard, severe, offensive, distressing) |
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