3
negative(adjective, arouse bad feelings)
3
ramshackle(adjective, better)
3
self-destructive
3
serious
3
shabby(adjective, shape)
3
shattering(adjective, devastating, disastrous)
3
unhealthy(adjective, distressing, harmful, injurious, damaging)
2
blaring
2
cancerous(adjective, harmful, injurious, damaging, deadly)
2
consumptive(adjective, harmful, injurious, damaging, deadly)
2
damning(damaging, incriminating)
2
deplorable(bad, poor, awful, terrible, awkward)
2
disadvantageous(adjective, negative, distressing, harmful, injurious)
2
distressing(awful, terrible, harmful, damaging, ominous)
2
exhausting(adjective, harmful, damaging, fatal, mortal)
2
foul
2
incendiary(destruction, injurious, damaging, destructive)
2
inimical(adjective, injurious, damaging, destructive, arouse bad feelings)
2
insalubrious
2
internecine(adjective, harmful, injurious, damaging, deadly)
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