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39 entries under troubling topic. ×
| annoying(verb, adjective, pain, unpleasant, sorrow) | |
| agitating(noun, verb, adjective, hard, severe) | |
| disturbing(noun, verb, adjective, hard, severe) | |
| disquieting(hard, severe, offensive, distressing, upsetting) | |
| perturbing(hard, severe, offensive, distressing, upsetting) | |
| unsettling(hard, severe, offensive, distressing, upsetting) | |
| disagreeable(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, unpleasant) | |
| discouraging(hard, severe, offensive, distressing, upsetting) | |
| distressing(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, unpleasant) | |
| hard(adjective, severe, offensive, unpleasant, gloomy) | |
| painful(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, unpleasant) | |
| unpleasant(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, uncertain) | |
| alarming(hard, severe, offensive, distressing, upsetting) | |
| consequential(hard, severe, offensive, distressing, upsetting) | |
| depressing(hard, severe, offensive, distressing, upsetting) | |
| difficult(hard, severe, offensive, distressing, upsetting) | |
| discomforting(hard, severe, offensive, distressing, upsetting) | |
| discommoding(hard, severe, offensive, distressing, upsetting) | |
| discomposing(hard, severe, offensive, distressing, upsetting) | |
| disconcerting(hard, severe, offensive, distressing, upsetting) |
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