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baffling collapse: making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home"

embarrassing collapse: causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation; "the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles"; "it was mortifying to know he had heard every word"

disconcerting collapse: causing an emotional disturbance; "his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly"- Herb Caen; "an upsetting experience"

discouraging collapse: depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action; "where never is heard a discouraging word"; expressing disapproval

affecting collapse: arousing affect; "the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene"; "poignant grief cannot endure forever"; "his gratitude was simple and touching"

bewildering collapse: causing bafflement; "the play was at the same time a bewildering and an exciting experience"

depressing collapse: causing or suggestive of sorrow or gloom; "a gloomy outlook"; "gloomy news"

frightful collapse: extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money"

startling collapse: so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm; "Sydney's startling new Opera House"; "startling news"; "startling earthquake shocks"

appalling collapse: an experience that appalls; "is it better to view the appalling or merely hear of it?"; causing consternation; "appalling conditions"

uncomfortable collapse: providing or experiencing physical discomfort; "an uncomfortable chair"; "an uncomfortable day in the hot sun"; conducive to or feeling mental discomfort; "this kind of life can prove disruptive and uncomfortable"; "the uncomfortable truth"; "grew uncomfortable beneath his appraising eye"; "an uncomfortable way of surprising me just when I felt surest"; "the teacher's presence at the conference made the child very uncomfortable"

deterrent collapse: tending to deter; "the deterrent effects of high prices"

disquieting collapse: causing mental discomfort; "the disquieting sounds of nearby gunfire"

pathetic collapse: inspiring scornful pity; "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett; inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice"

cheerless collapse: lacking cheer; depressing; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place"

sorrowful collapse: experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13

chilling collapse: so scary as to cause chills and shudders; "the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge"

woebegone collapse: affected by or full of grief or woe; "his sorrow...made him look...haggard and...woebegone"- George du Maurier

joyless collapse: not experiencing or inspiring joy; "a joyless man"; "a joyless occasion"; "joyless evenings"

regrettable collapse: deserving regret; "regrettable remarks"; "it's regrettable that she didn't go to college"; "it's too bad he had no feeling himself for church"

distressing collapse: causing distress or worry or anxiety; "distressing (or disturbing) news"; "lived in heroic if something distressful isolation"; "a disturbing amount of crime"; "a revelation that was most perturbing"; "a new and troubling thought"; "in a particularly worrisome predicament"; "a worrying situation"; "a worrying time"

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