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84 entries under disturbing topic. ×
| confusion(noun, adjective, uncertainty, perplexity, bewilderment) | |
| excruciating(adjective, awkward, painful, shocking, uneasy) | |
| foreboding(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, distressing) | |
| hard(adjective, tough, severe, offensive, problematic) | |
| harrowing(adjective, offensive, awful, terrible, disgusting) | |
| heartbreaking(adjective, moving, sad, miserable, shocking) | |
| ominous(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, cruel) | |
| onerous(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, awful) | |
| pessimistic(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, distressing) | |
| provoking(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, distressing) | |
| sinister(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, distressing) | |
| threatening(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, distressing) | |
| uncertain(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, distressing) | |
| unnerving(adjective, disgusting, shocking, irritating) | |
| appalling(adjective, great, awful, terrible, disgusting) | |
| consequential(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, distressing) | |
| disadvantageous(adjective, cruel, unkind, disconcerting) | |
| discomforting(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, distressing) | |
| discouraging(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, miserable) | |
| distracting(awkward, uneasy, uncomfortable, troublesome) |
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