1
discouraging(hard, severe, offensive, distressing, upsetting)
1
disheartening(adjective, sorrow, negative, emotion)
1
disobliging
1
dispiriting
1
distorting
1
dumbfounding
1
dunning
1
envenoming(verb, aggravating)
1
exasperation(noun, annoyance, nuisance, pestering)
1
exciting
1
excoriating
1
fatiguing
1
fomenting
1
frightening(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, distressing)
1
goading(verb, stimulating, incitement, challenging, needling)
1
grabber(insult, stimulus, affront, incitement, goading)
1
graveling
1
hard(severe, offensive, tricky, distressing, complicated)
1
horrible
1
hostile
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