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adjective • Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive. • Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation. • Dire; distressing. • Feeling animosity towards someone; annoyed or angered. • Criminal; wrong; evil. | ||||||||
28% | 8 | Being the most unpleasant or distressing | ||||||
adjective satellite • not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty • shockingly repellent; inspiring horror • harshly ironic or sinister • harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance • filled with melancholy and despondency • causing dejection | ||||||||
23% | 8 | A siren spilled gin — how distressing! | ||||||
adjective • frightening because of an awareness of danger | ||||||||
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