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disturbing(noun, adjective, bad, happy)
15
upsetting(noun, adjective, bad, happy)
10
disconcerting(adjective, severe, offensive, distressing)
10
perturbing(adjective, bad, severe, happy)
8
disquieting(adjective, bad, severe, happy)
8
agitating(verb, severe, offensive, distressing)
8
troubling(verb, adjective, bad, severe)
7
distressing(adjective, severe, happy, pain)
6
discomposing(severe, offensive, distressing, upsetting)
4
troublesome(adjective, severe, happy, pain)
3
discomforting(severe, offensive, distressing, upsetting)
3
inconvenient(adjective, severe, offensive, distressing)
3
startling(adjective, severe, offensive, distressing)
3
worrisome(adjective, severe, happy, pain)
2
annoying(adjective, severe, offensive, distressing)
2
bothersome(adjective, bad, severe, offensive)
2
harassing(severe, offensive, distressing, upsetting)
2
irksome(adjective, bad, severe, offensive)
2
irritating(adjective, severe, offensive, distressing)
2
provoking(severe, offensive, distressing, upsetting)
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