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disruptive(adjective, trouble, happy, confusion, pain)
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enraging(verb, adjective, aggravating)
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gloomy(adjective, hard, severe, sad, offensive)
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grating(verb, adjective, irritating, aggravating)
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heavy
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hurtful(adjective, offensive, awful, terrible, cruel)
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maddening
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miserable
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overturning(verb, revolting, inverting)
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pitiful(adjective, moving, awful, terrible, dreadful)
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rankling(verb, adjective, aggravating, festering)
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shocking(adjective, great, offensive, awful, terrible)
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sorrowful(adjective, bad, moving, awful, terrible)
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startling(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, astonishing)
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stirring(verb, moving, touching, agitating)
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teasing(verb, adjective, aggravating)
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terrific(adjective, great, intense, huge, massive)
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tiresome(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, irritating)
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troublous(adjective, happy, pain, disturbing)
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unhappy(adjective, offensive, unpleasant, gloomy, miserable)
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