4
dying(verb, decline, ruin, collapse, last)
4
failing(verb, decline, ruin, collapse, deterioration)
4
haughty(severity, contempt)
4
incisive
4
oppressive(adjective, pain, painful, severity)
4
piercing(adjective, painful)
4
ruinous(adjective, pain, devastating, disastrous)
4
scornful(adjective, contempt)
4
shrinkage(noun, reduction, tightening)
4
shrinking(verb, adjective, reduction, shrinkage, tightening)
4
sinking(verb, deteriorating)
4
trenchant
4
worsening(verb, deteriorating)
3
acerbic
3
arrogant
3
atrophying(verb, adjective, deteriorating)
3
baneful
3
burdensome(adjective, pain, painful)
3
burning
3
calamitous
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