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What is another word for
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Verb
Present participle for to refrain from openly expressing or displaying
Present participle for to (attempt to) quell or put an end to
Present participle for to oppress or subjugate someone, or a group of people, through the use of force
Present participle for to defeat, subdue or overcome with superior strength
Present participle for to impede the work or progress of
Present participle for to make less powerful or intense, thereby easier to control
Present participle for to forcibly impose obedience or servitude
Present participle for to make unclear or difficult to understand
Present participle for to decrease or reduce in sensitivity
Present participle for to forget or put out of one's mind
Present participle for to frustrate or prevent (someone) from achieving an aim
Present participle for to persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats
Present participle for to diminish the confidence or courage of
Present participle for to hold or maintain
Present participle for to channel or transfer energy or emotions into a different form or direction
Adjective
That serves to suppress
Tending to disappoint or dishearten
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to refrain from openly expressing or displaying
suppressing
stifling
restraining
smothering
curbing
checking
containing
swallowing
controlling
strangling
concealing
inhibiting
muffling
sinking
hiding
submerging
silencing
gagging
pocketing
overpowering
frustrating
corking
shushing
blocking
bottling
internalising
UK
internalizing
US
holding back
keeping back
choking back
fighting back
bottling up
biting back
keeping in check
reining in
holding in
keeping under control
corking up
buttoning up
keeping the lid on
keeping in
keeping under wraps
blacking out
jamming up
keeping inside
withholding
restricting
stopping
bridling
quashing
quenching
squelching
extinguishing
constraining
preventing
covering up
hushing up
killing
deadening
keeping a lid on
keeping secret
choking
impeding
quelling
hindering
squashing
subduing
veiling
censoring
cloaking
dissembling
disguising
burying
holding down
biting one's lip
interfering with
gulping back
putting a stop to
keeping quiet about
putting a lid on
suffocating
keeping dark
overcoming
hampering
cooling
composing
collecting
snuffing
masking
quelching
muzzling
quieting
dampening
belying
drowning
holding off
harbouring
UK
harboring
US
reserving
simmering down
shutting down
stamping out
blotting out
papering over
putting an end to
not telling
hiding from view
not giving away
keeping unknown
keeping mum about
keeping under your hat
drawing a veil over
keeping cover
mastering
fighting
resisting
conquering
denying
boxing up
keeping feeling inside oneself
retaining
blacklisting
protecting
stewing
putting damper on
shutting in
keeping a tight rein on
holding in check
crushing
mulling over
destroying
keeping a rein on
muting
obstructing
damping down
supervising communications
preventing publication
refusing transmission
trammelling
trammeling
fettering
putting the lid on
dropping the iron curtain
sweeping under the rug
keeping quiet
sweeping under the carpet
sitting on
keeping in the dark
glossing over
hushing
quietening
stilling
averting
icing
shaking
indisposing
diverting
opposing
discouraging
drying up
cracking down on
clamping down on
shutting up
warding off
staving off
fending off
putting off
turning off
pouring cold water on
putting a damper on
throwing cold water on
more ❯
“He was obliged to
repress
his true feelings, and to act as if he were not worthy to hold their shoes.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to (attempt to) quell or put an end to
quelling
subduing
quashing
squashing
suppressing
crushing
squelching
extinguishing
arresting
silencing
inhibiting
stemming
stopping
checking
ending
hindering
limiting
conquering
killing
overcoming
throttling
putting down
cracking down on
snuffing out
putting an end to
reining in
blocking out
putting a stop to
putting out
clamping down on
stamping out
slapping down
nipping in the bud
gaining control over
gaining mastery over
pouring cold water on
throwing cold water on
stifling
curbing
defeating
overpowering
thwarting
destroying
terminating
abolishing
halting
annihilating
putting the lid on
putting the kibosh on
vanquishing
scotching
overwhelming
frustrating
wiping out
getting rid of
subjugating
quenching
oppressing
sitting on
controlling
shutting down
eliminating
routing
clobbering
subordinating
keeping down
putting paid to
bringing to an end
blotting out
beating
finishing
demolishing
scuppering
extirpating
deadening
eradicating
dominating
overturning
spiking
queering
burying
discontinuing
cutting off
treading
prostrating
whelming
devastating
flooring
overmastering
wrecking
swamping
cracking down
ruining
breaking
obliterating
trampling on
strangling
icing
quelching
reducing
weeding out
treading on
grinding down
snowing under
bringing someone to their knees
blowing away
forcing down
bearing down on
censuring
torpedoing
rejecting
dismissing
dishing
withholding
obstructing
exterminating
clamping down
stymieing
censoring
settling
dumbing
expunging
abating
clamming
dulling
foiling
bringing to screeching halt
removing
banishing
blocking
dashing
nixing
spoiling
scuttling
curtailing
choking off
containing
restraining
closing up
cutting short
messing up
regulating
putting a lid on
bringing to a halt
holding back
bringing to a stop
doing for
putting the stopper on
interrupting
overthrowing
cowing
shushing
bottling
trampling
clamping
beating down
triumphing over
holding in
driving underground
keeping in
holding down
keeping inside
putting lid on
bringing to naught
putting kibosh on
bringing under the yoke
putting the squeeze on
bringing to heel
more ❯
“Their government has chosen to isolate them, stunt their economic growth, and
repress
their ability to speak freely.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to oppress or subjugate someone, or a group of people, through the use of force
dominating
oppressing
subjugating
tyrannising
UK
tyrannizing
US
persecuting
crushing
intimidating
subjecting
abusing
mastering
maltreating
overcoming
overpowering
wronging
keeping down
holding down
tyrannizing over
domineering over
ruling with an iron hand
ruling with a rod of iron
suppressing
subduing
treating harshly
victimizing
US
domineering
browbeating
tormenting
bullying
victimising
UK
riding roughshod over
plaguing
terrorizing
US
ill-treating
enslaving
terrorising
UK
harassing
pushing around
bringing someone to their knees
lording it over
ordering about
ordering around
keeping under thumb
dictating to
trampling underfoot
trampling on
mistreating
overwhelming
subordinating
torturing
coercing
keeping under
dictating
trampling
grinding down
ruling despotically
treating brutally
having someone under your thumb
punishing
harrying
excruciating
controlling
crucifying
distressing
aggrieving
chastening
squashing
squelching
keeping in submission
keeping in subjection
throwing your weight around
bossing around
pulling rank on
giving orders to
bossing about
conquering
hounding
menacing
threatening
brutalizing
US
ruling
steamrollering
brutalising
UK
putting down
holding sway over
gaining mastery over
gaining control of
gaining ascendancy over
ruling over
walking all over
rendering helpless
weighing heavy upon
beating down
bringing to heel
rendering powerless
rendering incapable
picking on
hectoring
leaning on
pushing about
hassling
bulldozing
discriminating against
overbearing
strong-arming
having it in for
making things hot for someone
scourging
kicking around
exploiting
needling
hegemonizing
pressurizing
US
dragooning
pressing
cowing
pressurising
UK
having a down on
getting at
using strong-arm tactics on
putting the screws on
giving a hard time
ill-using
messing over
punishing unfairly
afflicting
molesting
pressuring
yoking
weakening
destroying
hustling
bullyragging
scaring
manhandling
demonizing
US
using
beating
immolating
mau-mauing
frightening
misusing
demonising
UK
putting the frighteners on
mishandling
making it hot for someone
disfranchising
playing the heavy with
disenfranchising
hobbling
depriving
stacking the deck
having your knife into
getting hooks into
showing ill will towards
bossing
railroading
prevailing
predominating
preponderating
reigning
blustering
squeezing
swaggering
henpecking
bending
lording
leading by the nose
calling the shots
being in the saddle
running the show
bending to your will
running things
pushing the buttons
lording over
ruling the roost
besetting
overthrowing
forcing
annoying
handicapping
encumbering
outraging
worrying
straining
despotizing
vexing
riding
taxing
saddling
putting upon
putting screws to
more ❯
“Horrendous weapons of war were used to kill and
repress
the people as they struggled to determine their own destiny.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to defeat, subdue or overcome with superior strength
overpowering
subduing
conquering
defeating
beating
vanquishing
subjugating
trouncing
besting
mastering
routing
licking
quashing
suppressing
overthrowing
thrashing
quelling
clobbering
worsting
drubbing
creaming
stuffing
dominating
murdering
owning
whipping
tanking
subjecting
controlling
smashing
breaking
reducing
pacifying
burying
totalling
totaling
hegemonizing
overturning
subordinating
overshadowing
throwing
upsetting
trashing
waxing
prevailing
finishing
wasting
torpedoing
bulldozing
staggering
immobilising
UK
immobilizing
US
blanking
dumbfounding
overawing
shellacking
stretching
triumphing over
prevailing over
getting the better of
wiping the floor with
making mincemeat of
bringing someone to their knees
knocking out
putting away
blowing out of the water
gaining mastery over
beating down
bearing down
taking out
gaining a victory over
taking care of
gaining control over
rendering incapable
bowling over
rendering helpless
rendering powerless
rolling over
shutting off
laying out
getting the upper hand over
overcoming
surmounting
skunking
curbing
getting over
crushing
getting a grip on
overwhelming
hammering
annihilating
destroying
pasting
demolishing
slaughtering
pounding
pulverizing
US
flattening
massacring
humbling
taming
caning
slamming
bridling
dispatching
pulverising
UK
stopping
overmatching
overbearing
upending
getting
putting down
blowing out
walking all over
taking to the cleaners
turning inside out
winning against
giving someone a drubbing
giving someone a hiding
getting around
rising above
doing down
getting control of
dealing with
checking
restraining
solving
managing
regulating
governing
commanding
ruling
directing
bringing under control
getting under control
gaining control of
triumphing
undoing
thwarting
trimming
checkmating
foiling
taking
outwitting
circumventing
frustrating
discomfiting
confounding
zapping
overriding
overmastering
crucifying
coping with
undermining
disabling
keeping down
enfeebling
crippling
succeeding over
trampling
subverting
bringing to knees
running rings around
putting someone in their place
wiping off the map
trampling underfoot
shutting down
beating hollow
defeating utterly
winning a resounding victory over
marmalizing
wallopping
walloping
whomping
pommelling
pommeling
pipping at the post
blowing away
flooring
flogging
skinning
outplaying
smoking
smothering
whupping
lambasting
swamping
whopping
whapping
tromping
dusting
bombing
wiping out
working over
walking over
running rings round
snowing under
outclassing
busting
outmaneuvering
US
outmanoeuvring
UK
outrunning
decking
tanning
edging out
killing
KO'ing
bashing
giving someone a pasting
beating up
outdoing
surpassing
outstripping
excelling
whacking
steamrolling
ruining
whitewashing
sinking
dropping
slaying
edging
decimating
obliterating
ambushing
outflanking
butchering
routeing
overrunning
entrapping
outhitting
outjumping
shipwrecking
winning
plowing under
hiding
belting
nosing out
bludgeoning
thumping
mauling
battering
spanking
threshing
running roughshod over
winning a victory over
finishing off
putting paid to
mowing down
taking it all
leathering
buffeting
buffetting
putting an end to
bringing to ruin
taking to cleaners
rolling back
rolling
slogging
pummelling
UK
basting
pummeling
whaling
doing
currying
roughing up
punishing
messing up
pwning
picking apart
chastening
chastising
putting in the shade
bunging up
striking down
taking a stick to
mullering
giving a drubbing to
razing to the ground
larruping
larrupping
knocking off
shooting down
unseating
outfighting
blasting
taking down
exceeding
topping
driving off
shutting out
eclipsing
transcending
putting to flight
beating back
cutting to pieces
throwing back in confusion
blowing out of water
putting to rout
cleaning up on
outshining
bettering
downing
weathering
surviving
devastating
capping
outperforming
stunning
hurdling
shocking
rendering
outliving
trumping
overtopping
winning over
outmatching
outgunning
outrivaling
overtaking
outdistancing
towering over
outrivalling
hosing
knocking over
knocking spots off
improving on
grinding down
coming out on top of
doing better than
shooting ahead of
going one better than
coming out on top
lathering
defeating heavily
fixing one's wagon
wiping off the mat
cooking one's goose
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to impede the work or progress of
inhibiting
hindering
impeding
curbing
checking
restraining
hampering
obstructing
restricting
trammelling
trammeling
handicapping
encumbering
blocking
stymieing
cramping
thwarting
fettering
retarding
preventing
constraining
stifling
suppressing
frustrating
shackling
foiling
hobbling
clogging
bridling
barring
handcuffing
smothering
manacling
slowing
embarrassing
balking
US
baulking
UK
stalling
prohibiting
reducing
averting
interdicting
debarring
forbidding
outlawing
sandbagging
enjoining
fazing
warding
holding back
interfering with
holding up
hog-tying
short-circuiting
slowing down
tying up
reining in
hanging up
holding in
holding down
putting a brake on
keeping in
throwing a spanner in the works
stemming the flow of
putting on brakes
counteracting
arresting
halting
stopping
staving off
forestalling
circumventing
countering
limiting
shutting out
derailing
avoiding
crimping
stonewalling
warding off
heading off
defending against
opposing
holding
controlling
defeating
evading
interrupting
choking
nullifying
circumnavigating
standing in the way of
braking
skirting
sidestepping
holding off
scuppering
spoiling
stemming
steering clear of
putting a stop to
putting an end to
containing
staunching
delaying
hamstringing
pausing
withholding
confining
intercepting
keeping back
damming
crippling
nipping in the bud
closing off
shutting off
taking down
keeping lid on
choking off
straitening
leashing
getting out of
putting straitjacket on
throwing monkey wrench in
impairing
suffocating
reining
neutralizing
US
beating
putting paid to
escaping
bypassing
swallowing
squelching
cutting short
terminating
muffling
overturning
scotching
bottlenecking
fighting back
moderating
governing
stultifying
deflecting
disrupting
bottling up
discouraging
repulsing
checkmating
rebuffing
taming
choking back
regulating
neutralising
UK
keeping in check
ruining
taking wind out of
crashing
unsettling
juking
outwitting
putting the kibosh on
upsetting
doing for
ditching
putting the stopper on
wrecking
stumping
pulling in
slackening pace
biting back
keeping under control
keeping a lid on
bringing to a standstill
playing for time
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
plugging
curtailing
barricading
sealing
caulking
filling up
jamming
filling
closing out
blockading
clogging up
blocking out
closing up
cutting off
postponing
forfending
staying
stuffing
stanching
packing
closing
blocking up
stopping up
choking up
bunging up
jamming up
detaining
retardating
deferring
protracting
occluding
blocking off
bunging
precluding
obviating
anticipating
staving
shelving
cumbering
deterring
remitting
proroguing
stoppering
congesting
gagging
plugging up
bottling
muzzling
intermitting
prolonging
fending off
keeping off
turning aside
keeping at bay
ruling out
putting back
slowing up
bringing to screeching halt
holding off on
shutting down
holding over
bogging down
getting in the way of
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
making late
backing off
putting off
setting back
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to make less powerful or intense, thereby easier to control
taming
controlling
curbing
restraining
checking
bridling
containing
constraining
regulating
inhibiting
governing
subduing
holding
suppressing
measuring
ruling
keeping
moderating
conquering
calming
overcoming
mitigating
tempering
licking
disciplining
softening
pacifying
mellowing
mollifying
tranquillising
UK
tranquilizing
US
gentling
humbling
muting
cowing
busting
reclaiming
reining in
pulling in
toning down
getting the better of
watering down
getting a grip on
stifling
smothering
keeping in check
quelling
restricting
limiting
lessening
cooling
holding back
reducing
allaying
dampening
assuaging
deadening
soothing
easing
composing
quieting
diminishing
lulling
dulling
settling
palliating
keeping under control
appeasing
alleviating
quietening
curtailing
holding in
keeping the lid on
keeping a lid on
keeping a tight rein on
stilling
decreasing
blunting
cushioning
abating
damping
stopping
quashing
damping down
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
taking the edge off
mastering
arresting
relaxing
muffling
putting the brakes on
simmering down
reining
silencing
dispelling
reining back
holding down
banishing
holding in check
settling down
slowing down
capping
confining
placating
collecting
gagging
muzzling
corking
retarding
withholding
hushing
lowering
stemming
keeping in line
depressing
squelching
lightening
absorbing
choking back
squashing
bottling up
biting back
subjugating
keeping back
keeping within bounds
chilling out
cooling out
cutting back
keeping down
getting under control
choking off
calming down
rising above
cutting off
nipping in the bud
keeping lid on
circumscribing
halting
modulating
re-collecting
delimiting
putting a lid on
monitoring
adjusting
breaking
mincing
extinguishing
temperating
cornering
rallying
inspecting
recovering
pouring cold water on
throwing cold water on
piping down
dampening down
impairing
gaining control over
hog-tying
putting half nelson on
gaining mastery over
buffering
keeping control of
keeping on a string
salving
blanketing
becalming
slowing
lullabying
playing down
meeting halfway
setting limits on
imposing limits on
impeding
comforting
strangling
balming
pegging
trammelling
trammeling
hindering
deterring
freezing
reassuring
quieting down
entrammelling
fettering
entrammeling
relieving
cutting
putting a limit on
tying up
cooling off
bringing to screeching halt
buttoning up
fighting back
stemming the flow of
boxing in
keeping tight rein on
cooling down
contracting
buttressing
clipping
minimizing
US
crushing
propitiating
making less active
deflating
soaking up
getting rid of
putting a damper on
staunching
harshing
tapering
helping
dropping
disarming
smoothing
lenifying
sweetening
dissipating
snuffing out
cracking down on
putting down
slapping down
clamping down on
quietening down
dismissing
cutting down
dialing down
scaling down
cutting down on
bringing down
rationing
minimising
UK
destroying
eliminating
taking the bite out
driving off
taking the sting out
driving away
putting to rest
chasing away
pouring oil on
deconflicting
contenting
conciliating
clearing the air with
fixing up
dulcifying
making peace with
putting the lid on
pacificating
imposing peace upon
restoring harmony to
laying back
smoothing over
burying the hatchet
buttering up
smoothing someone's ruffled feathers
kissing and making up
qualifying
making peace
stroking
greasing
staying
killing
straitening
keeping in
boxing up
putting a brake on
cracking down
bringing under control
sitting on
pulling back
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to forcibly impose obedience or servitude
subjugating
subduing
dominating
oppressing
suppressing
tyrannising
UK
tyrannizing
US
mastering
subjecting
overwhelming
subordinating
enslaving
hegemonizing
coercing
taming
humbling
overthrowing
reducing
pacifying
breaking
forcing
triumphing
colonising
UK
colonizing
US
enthralling
underyoking
putting down
holding sway over
beating down
ruling over
kicking around
bearing down
keeping under thumb
bringing to knees
holding sway
reeling back in
Verb
▲
Present participle for to make unclear or difficult to understand
obscuring
blurring
clouding
obfuscating
complicating
garbling
muddling
concealing
confounding
confusing
convoluting
misrepresenting
muddying
beclouding
befogging
distorting
fuddling
hiding
miring
mystifying
befuddling
coloring
US
colouring
UK
equivocating
falsifying
fuzzing
tainting
tarnishing
fuzzing up
mixing up
muddying the waters
muddying the waters of
clouding the issue
making unclear
throwing a veil over
throwing up smoke screen
Verb
▲
Present participle for to decrease or reduce in sensitivity
dulling
numbing
desensitising
UK
desensitizing
US
deadening
blunting
suppressing
benumbing
dampening
diminishing
impairing
retarding
stifling
tranquillising
UK
tranquilizing
US
weakening
depressing
devitalizing
incapacitating
paralysing
UK
paralyzing
US
reducing
sedating
stunning
unnerving
dazing
drugging
narcotizing
obtunding
stultifying
stupefying
torpefying
dullening
rendering insensitive
Verb
▲
Present participle for to forget or put out of one's mind
blocking out
blotting out
forgetting
ignoring
suppressing
disregarding
denying
putting behind you
shutting out
ceasing to remember
ceasing to think of
stopping thinking about
dismissing from mind
consigning to oblivion
erasing from memory
erasing from your mind
letting bygones be bygones
putting out of your mind
blanking over
putting in the past
blanking out
Verb
▲
Present participle for to frustrate or prevent (someone) from achieving an aim
defeating
foiling
frustrating
thwarting
ruining
forestalling
neutralising
UK
neutralizing
US
baulking
UK
blocking
circumventing
contravening
debarring
derailing
impeding
invalidating
obstructing
obviating
overturning
preventing
scotching
scuttling
snookering
stopping
stymieing
baffling
barring
confounding
deterring
discomfiting
halting
hampering
hindering
nullifying
repelling
squashing
suppressing
upsetting
balking
US
checkmating
curbing
dashing
nobbling
outwitting
parrying
rattling
repulsing
scuppering
spoiling
undoing
blanking
burying
checking
countering
counterplotting
crossing
disappointing
doing for
restraining
putting a stop to
putting paid to
nipping in the bud
putting the kibosh on
putting the stopper on
getting the better of
putting the mockers on
screwing up
messing up
beating down
causing setback
fouling up
holding up
lousing up
standing in the way of
upsetting the applecart
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
putting end to
taking wind out of sails
Verb
▲
Present participle for to persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats
coercing
forcing
compelling
pressuring
impelling
pressurising
UK
pressurizing
US
driving
dragooning
pressing
obliging
making
browbeating
constraining
bullying
bulldozing
railroading
intimidating
urging
pushing
influencing
blackjacking
impressing
obligating
cowing
sandbagging
muscling
bludgeoning
threatening
menacing
terrorising
UK
terrorizing
US
hustling
brainwashing
squeezing
bouncing
besetting
concussing
shotgunning
restricting
hindering
suppressing
strong-arming
prevailing on
leaning on
putting pressure on
using pressure on
fast-talking
press-ganging
bringing pressure to bear on
putting the squeeze on
putting the screws on
putting under an obligation
acting on
working on
twisting one's arm
high pressuring
making an offer they can't refuse
putting the arm on
Verb
▲
Present participle for to diminish the confidence or courage of
discouraging
disheartening
dispiriting
dismaying
depressing
daunting
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
dejecting
distressing
unnerving
cowing
crushing
chilling
chillin
alarming
abashing
dashing
unmanning
troubling
scaring
bothering
frustrating
afflicting
vexing
awing
aweing
confusing
disappointing
trying
appalling
overawing
irking
drooping
prostrating
casting down
making despondent
weighing heavily on
making downhearted
psyching out
beating down
dampening the spirits of
breaking one's heart
putting a damper on
causing to lose heart
taking the wind out of your sails
Verb
▲
Present participle for to hold or maintain
keeping
retaining
reserving
saving
storing
accumulating
amassing
garnering
hoarding
collecting
holding
possessing
stockpiling
withholding
caching
shelving
stashing
concealing
filing
heaping
hiding
stifling
holding back
holding fast to
holding on to
keeping hold of
keeping in reserve
keeping possession of
piling up
putting aside
putting by
retaining possession of
saving up
setting aside
stashing away
storing up
clinging to
hanging onto
hanging on to
holding in
holding onto
keeping for oneself
laying aside
laying down
setting by
keeping to yourself
Verb
▲
Present participle for to channel or transfer energy or emotions into a different form or direction
sublimating
channeling
US
channelling
UK
transferring
diverting
redirecting
converting
transmuting
turning
controlling
directing
purifying
refining
rerouting
rerouteing
Adjective
▲
That serves to suppress
suppressive
censoring
curbing
inhibitory
muffling
oppressive
quelling
repressive
silencing
stifling
subduing
withholding
covering up
holding back
Adjective
▲
Tending to disappoint or dishearten
discouraging
disheartening
depressing
upsetting
dispiriting
disappointing
dismaying
daunting
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
depressive
dejecting
dampening
off-putting
not encouraging
not hopeful
distressing
sad
disturbing
disconcerting
distressful
unpleasant
gloomy
painful
troubling
sombre
UK
somber
US
troublesome
unsettling
grim
worrying
dismal
unnerving
saddening
disquieting
difficult
hopeless
perturbing
harrowing
worrisome
discomforting
alarming
melancholy
irksome
traumatic
discomposing
dire
cheerless
heartbreaking
shocking
unfortunate
regrettable
bleak
troublous
dreary
wretched
tragic
aggravating
vexing
trying
severe
heartrending
agitating
disagreeable
unhappy
dreadful
annoying
melancholic
irritating
lamentable
nasty
provoking
discommoding
wearisome
bothersome
grievous
agonizing
US
foreboding
doleful
sinister
unfavourable
UK
forbidding
unfavorable
US
joyless
frightening
heart-rending
displeasing
woeful
agonising
UK
appalling
crushing
horrific
frustrating
inauspicious
burdensome
harassing
funereal
vexatious
nagging
black
miserable
disenchanting
bitter
awful
taxing
sorry
horrible
galling
glum
grave
unwelcome
pessimistic
bad
tormenting
drear
tiresome
poignant
inconvenient
terrible
startling
hurtful
morose
morbid
lachrymose
onerous
ominous
desolate
perplexing
solemn
unlucky
sober
nerve-racking
pathetic
macabre
challenging
excruciating
oppressive
ghastly
drab
mournful
afflicting
sorrowful
creepy
stressful
rueful
comfortless
intimidating
hairy
intrusive
pitiable
concerning
toilsome
hard
laborious
disruptive
dark
loathsome
jarring
uncomfortable
unamusing
serious
heart-wrenching
sobering
devastating
nail-biting
nerve-wracking
gut-wrenching
exasperating
sedate
infuriating
rankling
maddening
austere
parlous
overwhelming
fazing
deplorable
poor
pitiful
unpropitious
distasteful
fraught
riling
abrasive
pesky
sickening
objectionable
horrendous
embarrassing
horrid
chafing
peeving
carking
nettling
nettlesome
distressed
torturous
confronting
disconsolate
dispirited
mirthless
dolorous
dolesome
threatening
plaguy
pestilential
pestiferous
pestilent
unpalatable
uncongenial
unpleasing
abhorrent
moving
horrifying
consequential
impeding
cold
repugnant
hellish
unkind
discomfiting
sullen
unsatisfying
pesty
rebarbative
plaguey
lugubrious
afflictive
mortifying
humourless
UK
humorless
US
tear-jerking
ugly
forlorn
piteous
heart-breaking
weighty
earnest
deadly
urgent
far-reaching
disillusioning
tense
uneasy
anxious
nervous
restless
dissatisfying
abject
anticlimactic
rotten
numbing
depressed
testing
foul
irritable
bewildering
troubled
dingy
plangent
derisible
pensive
frightful
anxiety provoking
touching
grating
heavy
infernal
thorny
irking
cruel
despairing
nightmarish
harsh
formidable
enraging
niggling
tedious
harrying
antagonizing
US
puzzling
knotty
problematic
mephitical
repellant
repellent
revulsive
destabilising
UK
destabilizing
US
exacting
awkward
incommodious
confounded
tricky
mean
festering
antipathetic
teasing
wearing
wicked
demanding
unattractive
impossible
antagonising
UK
cussed
ill-fated
fatal
destructive
ruinous
strenuous
acute
critical
dangerous
ill-starred
enough to try the patience of a saint
enough to drive you up the wall
uncertain
prophetic
demotivational
demotivating
uninspiring
tragical
tearful
teary
blue
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