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256 entries under adjective topic. ×
| threatening(hard, severe, offensive, distressing) | |
| tight(difficult, troublesome) | |
| tough | |
| uncertain(hard, severe, offensive, distressing) | |
| unnerving(disgusting, shocking, irritating, disturbing) | |
| vexatious(distressing, bothersome) | |
| aching(cruel, painful, unkind) | |
| antagonizing(verb, aggravating) | |
| appalling(great, awful, terrible, disgusting) | |
| baffling | |
| bedeviling(verb, aggravating) | |
| bitter(moving, emotional, touching, distressing) | |
| blurring(noun, verb, difficult, confusion) | |
| consequential(hard, severe, offensive, distressing) | |
| cutting(cruel, painful, unkind) | |
| damaging(awful, terrible, cruel, unkind) | |
| dire | |
| disadvantageous(cruel, unkind, disturbing, disconcerting) | |
| discomfiting(noun, difficult, confusion, uncertainty) | |
| discomforting(hard, severe, offensive, distressing) |
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