Related Words for in dire straits

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abhorrent
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abject
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abominable
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absolute
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absolutely
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Adverb
abysmal
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acute
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adverse
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Adjective
afflictions
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agonizing
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Adjective, Noun
alarming
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appalling
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arduous
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astonishing
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astounding
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atrocious
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awesome
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awful
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awkward
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bad
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baleful
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big
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bitter
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black
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bleak
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burdensome
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Adjective
calamities
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calamitous
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Adjective
catastrophic
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Adjective
challenging
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Adjective, Noun
channels
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Noun
chilling
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Adjective, Noun
close
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
compatriots
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compelling
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Adjective, Noun
contemptuous
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Adjective
crippling
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Adjective, Noun
critical
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Adjective, Noun
cruel
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Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
damaging
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Adjective, Noun
dark
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
daunting
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Adjective, Noun
deadly
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Adjective, Adverb
degraded
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Adjective
deleterious
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Adjective
deplorable
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Adjective, Noun
despairing
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Adjective, Noun
desperate
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Adjective, Noun
destined
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Adjective
destructive
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Adjective
deteriorating
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Adjective
detrimental
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Adjective, Noun
detroit
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Name
devastating
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Adjective
difficult
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Adjective, Verb
difficulties
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Noun
dim
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
disadvantageous
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Adjective
disappointments
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Noun
disastrous
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Adjective
dismal
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Adjective
disrepute
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Noun, Verb
distraught
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Adjective
distress
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Noun, Verb
disturbing
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Adjective
drama
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Noun
dramatic
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Adjective
drastic
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Adjective, Noun
dread
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
dreadful
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun
dusky
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Adjective, Noun
eerie
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Adjective, Noun
egregious
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Adjective
enormous
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Adjective
evil
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb
exigency
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Noun
extreme
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb
fatal
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Adjective, Noun
fateful
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Adjective
fearful
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Adjective, Adverb
fearsome
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Adjective
foreseeable
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Adjective
formidable
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Adjective
fragile
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Adjective, Noun
frightening
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Adjective
frightful
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Adjective, Adverb
frustrating
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Adjective
ghastly
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Adjective, Adverb
gibraltar
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Name
glaring
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Adjective, Noun
gloomy
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Adjective, Noun
gorges
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Noun
grand
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Noun, Adjective
grave
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
great
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb
grievous
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Adjective
grim
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
gross
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Adjective, Name, Verb
gruesome
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Adjective
hae
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Verb, Noun
hard
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hardships
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Noun
harmful
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Adjective
harrowing
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Adjective, Noun
harsh
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
head
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
heavy
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
heinous
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Adjective
hideous
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Adjective
hoi
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Name
hopeless
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Adjective
horrendous
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Adjective
horrible
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Adjective, Noun
horrid
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Adjective
horrific
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Adjective
horrifying
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Adjective
huge
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Adjective
imperative
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Adjective, Noun
implacable
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Adjective
inclement
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Adjective
inevitable
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Adjective, Noun
interethnic
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Adjective
intergenerational
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Adjective
intergroup
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interregional
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Adjective
intertribal
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Adjective
intragroup
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Adjective
lamentable
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large
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb
major
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
marine
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
menacing
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Adjective, Noun
miserable
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Adjective, Noun
misfortunes
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Noun
momentous
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Adjective
murky
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Adjective
narrow
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
naval
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Adjective, Name
nefarious
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Adjective
negative
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
ominous
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Adjective
onerous
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Adjective
ordeals
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Noun
overwhelming
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Adjective, Noun
painful
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Adjective
pass
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Verb, Noun
pathetic
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Adjective
peremptory
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Adjective, Noun
perils
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Noun
pernicious
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Adjective
perplexities
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Noun
pitiful
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Adjective, Adverb
plight
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Noun, Verb
poignant
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Adjective
poor
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
precarious
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Adjective
predicament
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Noun
pressing
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Adjective, Noun
privations
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Noun
problems
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Noun
quandary
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Noun
regrettable
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Adjective
relentless
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Adjective
reverses
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Verb, Noun
roads
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Noun
ruinous
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Adjective
ruthless
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Adjective
sad
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
say
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Verb, Noun, Adverb
scary
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun
sea
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Noun
serious
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Adjective, Adverb
severe
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Adjective, Noun
sharp
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shocking
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Adjective, Noun
sinister
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Adjective
sombre
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
sounds
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Verb
spooky
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Adjective
stark
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Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb
strait
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Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
streets
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Noun
tell
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Verb, Noun
terrible
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Adjective, Adverb
terrific
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Adjective
terrifying
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Adjective
tight
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Adjective, Adverb, Verb
tiresome
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Adjective
tough
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
tragic
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Adjective, Noun
traumatic
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Adjective, Noun
tremendous
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Adjective
trilateral
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Adjective
ugly
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
unacceptable
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Adjective, Noun
unavoidable
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Adjective, Noun
unforeseeable
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Adjective
unforeseen
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Adjective, Noun
unfortunate
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Adjective, Noun
unholy
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Adjective
unpleasant
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Adjective
unrelenting
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Adjective
unspeakable
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Adjective, Noun
untoward
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Adjective
urgent
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Adjective
vicious
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Adjective, Noun
woeful
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Adjective
wretched
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Adjective