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Morbid

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A Easily irritated and bad-tempered, usually from lack of sleep or feeling old

B To be too interested with unpleasant subjects, especially death

C Feeling or showing tiredness, especially as a result of excessive exertion or lack of sleep

D Crazy, insane, or stupid, often in a humorous way

ADJECTIVE

Morbid - To be too interested with unpleasant subjects, especially death

Lester had a morbid fascination with cemeteries and funeral halls.

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Quagmire

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A A collection of things lying about in an untidy mass

B A sudden sharp pain or painful emotion

C A mark, fault, or other imperfection that mars a substance or object

D A soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot

NOUN

Quagmire - A soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot

After the thunderstorm, the troops had to watch their step to avoid sinking into the quagmire of mud underneath them.

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Dismal

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A Untidy, disorganized, or incongruously varied in character

B Depressing; dreary

C Feeling the loss of being without something

D Mentally unbalanced, mad and crazy, usually meant humorously

ADJECTIVE

Dismal - Depressing; dreary

The dismal weather made Kris feel even more depressed.

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Gruesome

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A Causing horror, disgust, and shock - usually dealing with death or injury:

B Having a desire to do harm or evil to others.

C Not right or reasonable

D Likely to cause disagreement or argument

ADJECTIVE

Gruesome - Causing horror, disgust, and shock - usually dealing with death or injury:

When the policeman visited the scene of the murder, the sight was so gruesome that he couldn't help but go outside and throw up.

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Horrendous

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A Behaving in a way that is dishonest or unfair in order to get what you want

B Extremely unpleasant, horrifying, or terrible

C Something whose meaning is unclear, because it can be understood in several ways

D Savagely violent

ADJECTIVE

Horrendous - Extremely unpleasant, horrifying, or terrible

Walton traveled through the horrendous aftermath of the hurricane that destroyed his town.

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Vile

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A (of a person or animal) unattractively thin and bony

B Extremely unpleasant

C (of a remark, opinion, or idea) overused and consequently of little import; lacking originality or freshness

D Feeling or showing tiredness, especially as a result of excessive exertion or lack of sleep

ADJECTIVE

Vile - Extremely unpleasant

Mr. Burns was a vile man who would harm anybody if it meant he could profit from it.

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Stigma

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A A foolish person

B A mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person

C (of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled

D A person who deserts and betrays an organization, country, or set of principles

NOUN

Stigma - A mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person

In "The Scarlet Letter," Hester Prynne must deal with the stigma of having an out-of-wedlock child in a Puritan setting.

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Woe

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A A person who is responsible for a crime or other misdeed

B Great sorrow or distress

C A trace of some color

D A strong, negative, and often angry reaction to something that has happened

NOUN

Woe - Great sorrow or distress

Young Billy always felt woe at school whenever the bullies would pick on him.

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Dreary

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A Dull, bleak, and lifeless; depressing

B Incongruously varied in appearance or character; disparate

C Feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems.

D Very stupid or silly

ADJECTIVE

Dreary - Dull, bleak, and lifeless; depressing

The dreary sky cast the earth in darkness, the sun nowhere in sight.

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Scourge

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A A person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering

B A mischievous but harmless trouble maker

C Nonsense, foolish, and wrong

D Trivial, worthless, or insolent talk or ideas

NOUN

Scourge - A person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering

For at least half the country, Donald Trump is a scourge that can't be avoided.

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Morbid

Quagmire

Dismal

Gruesome

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