2
sinister(hard, severe, offensive, distressing, upsetting)
2
sneering(adjective, person, attitude)
2
sombre
2
sour(adjective, low, gloomy, melancholy, miserable)
2
suicidal
2
sulky(adjective, blue, low, gloomy, melancholy)
2
threatening(hard, severe, offensive, distressing, upsetting)
2
troubling(hard, severe, offensive, distressing, upsetting)
2
unfavorable(adjective, person, bad, weak, gloomy)
2
unhopeful(adjective, gloomy, uncertain, doubtful)
2
unnerving(upsetting, worrying, troubling)
2
upsetting(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, distressing)
2
weeping(blue, sad, unhappy, miserable, dejected)
2
worried(adjective, negative, doubtful, cynical, outcome)
1
droopy(sad, depressed)
1
foul
1
frightening(hard, severe, offensive, distressing, upsetting)
1
abject
1
abrogating(bad, weak, gloomy)
1
against(bad, weak, gloomy)
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