3
very bad(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
3
vicious(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
3
wailful(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
3
wicked(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
2
agonizing(adjective, awful, terrible, dreadful, distressing)
2
anguished(adjective, bad, sad, unhappy, gloomy)
2
antipathetic(adjective, adverse)
2
baleful(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
2
baneful
2
cataclysmal(adjective, destructive)
2
difficult(adjective, adverse)
2
disappointing(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
2
disheartening
2
distressful(adjective, adverse)
2
farcical(affected, melodramatic, the drama, theatrical)
2
feel bad
2
hard(adjective, adverse)
2
heartwrenching
2
horrifying
2
ill-omened
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