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Tending to cause great distress or anxiety

Causing great pain or anguish

Imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load

Full of danger or risk

Upsetting, or causing anxiety, sorrow or pain

(of a person) Lacking sophistication or refinement

(of an object or situation) Significant in degree of importance or urgency

Not based on or behaving according to the principles of equality and justice

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Adjective

Tending to cause great distress or anxiety

unfavourable^UK

down in the mouth

down in the dumps

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

heart-wrenching

beyond the pale

poverty-stricken

earth-shattering

disadvantageous

a load of pants

extremely upsetting

self-reproachful

conscience-stricken

beyond contempt

stomach-churning

stomach-turning

life-threatening

like death warmed up

Mephistophelian

uncompassionate

unsportsmanlike

desensitized^US

take-no-prisoners

desensitised^UK

red in tooth and claw

with a heart of stone

good-for-nothing

beneath contempt

phantasmagorical

not up to snuff

mephistophelean

very disgusting

highly improper

misproportioned

foolish-looking

indescribably bad

indescribably wicked

beyond description

indescribably evil

too horrible for words

like the back end of a bus

double-crossing

stick out like sore thumb

not to be spoken of

that dare not speak its name

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“But what I did not hear were specific new solutions on how to solve this grievous lack of funding for health care in the largest local system in the nation.”

Adjective

Causing great pain or anguish

life-threatening

not to be borne

extremely painful

evil-intentioned

accidentally on purpose

ill-humoured^UK

confrontational

dripping with malice

rubbing the wrong way

extremely critical

dishonorable^US

dishonourable^UK

more than one can bear

more than flesh and blood can stand

more than flesh and blood can bear

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“He survived in spite of suffering grievous injuries.”

Adjective

Imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load

pick-and-shovel

energy-consuming

easier said than done

like getting blood out of a stone

anti-democratic

causing discomfort

overextravagant

dyed-in-the-wool

no piece of cake

desensitized^US

take-no-prisoners

covered with sweat

lacking sentiment

as tough as old boots

toughened by experience

desensitised^UK

as hard as nails

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Adjective

Full of danger or risk

jeopardising^UK

jeopardizing^US

fraught with danger

playing with fire

life-threatening

Russian roulette

hanging by a thread

on slippery ground

hanging in the balance

on a slippery slope

in the lap of the gods

at a turning point

at a critical stage

easily threatened

easily destroyed

open to question

on collision course

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Adjective

Upsetting, or causing anxiety, sorrow or pain

Adjective

(of a person) Lacking sophistication or refinement

unsophisticated

near the knuckle

rough-and-tumble

straightforward

low-down-and-dirty

not afraid to call a spade a spade

close to the bone

straight from the shoulder

like a bull in a china shop

in a state of nature

socially unsure

lacking in social graces

socially awkward

lowdown and dirty

rough and ready

ungentlemanlike

beyond the pale

run-of-the-mill

anti-intellectual

uncomplimentary

lacking in propriety

low-down and dirty

ill-humoured^UK

pulling no punches

not mincing one's words

speaking one's mind

not beating about the bush

calling a spade a spade

with two left feet

uncommunicative

cheap and nasty

speaking as one finds

physically gratifying

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

sexually explicit

sexually arousing

sexually exciting

in the fast lane

under-the-table

against the law

sexually suggestive

demoralizing^US

licentiou-libidinous

prurientaphrodisiac

demoralising^UK

good-for-naught

good-for-nothing

pleasure-seeking

lacking restraint

gone to the dogs

highly improper

as bold as brass

not to be spoken of

that dare not speak its name

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Adjective

(of an object or situation) Significant in degree of importance or urgency

of great consequence

earth-shattering

of significance

of great import

no laughing matter

of great importance

ground-breaking

strictly business

playing hard ball

meat-and-potatoes

vitally important

life-preserving

life-sustaining

world-shattering

carrying a lot of weight

earthshattering

worthy of attention

hanging by thread

at the heart of

matter of life and death

across-the-board

of the utmost importance

across the board

life-threatening

most influential

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Adjective

Not based on or behaving according to the principles of equality and justice

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

disproportionate

not in proportion to

out of proportion to

relatively too small for

relatively too large for

unrepresentative

unconstitutional

favorably inclined

incommensurable

unproportionate

disproportionate to

not appropriate for

not proportional

out of keeping with

not appropriate to

out of proportion

not commensurate with

individualistic

dyed-in-the-wool

set in one's ways

ultra-conservative

excessively nationalistic

excessively patriotic

male chauvinist

male supremacist

of preconceived ideas

self-opinionated

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