| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | acute | very serious or intense |
| 2. | adverse | unfavorable and harmful |
| 3. | aftermath | the results after something bad |
| 4. | agony | extreme pain or distress |
| 5. | alarming | causing fear or concern |
| 6. | anguish | severe mental pain |
| 7. | appalling | causing shock and dismay |
| 8. | awful | very bad or unpleasant |
| 9. | bad | not good; unpleasant |
| 10. | bitter | painful and hard to accept |
| 11. | bleak | without hope or encouragement |
| 12. | blow | a sudden disappointment |
| 13. | body blow | a severe emotional setback |
| 14. | breakdown | a serious failure |
| 15. | calamity | a serious disaster |
| 16. | catastrophic | suddenly and extremely damaging |
| 17. | collapse | sudden failure or breakdown |
| 18. | crisis | a time of great danger |
| 19. | critical | extremely serious or dangerous |
| 20. | crushing | emotionally overwhelming and painful |
| 21. | depressing | making you feel unhappy |
| 22. | desperate | extremely bad or hopeless |
| 23. | devastating | causing severe shock or sadness |
| 24. | dire | extremely serious or urgent |
| 25. | disastrous | causing great harm or failure |
| 26. | disheartening | causing loss of hope |
| 27. | dispiriting | reducing enthusiasm or hope |
| 28. | disturbing | causing worry or unease |
| 29. | dreadful | very bad and upsetting |
| 30. | emergency | a serious urgent situation |
| 31. | fallout | negative results after an event |
| 32. | fatal | causing death or disaster |
| 33. | foreboding | a feeling of coming trouble |
| 34. | fraught | filled with something unpleasant |
| 35. | gloom | darkness or sadness |
| 36. | gloomy | sad, bleak, or pessimistic |
| 37. | grave | very serious or solemn |
| 38. | grief | deep sorrow |
| 39. | grim | bleak and depressing |
| 40. | gutting | deeply disappointing or upsetting |
| 41. | hard | difficult to endure |
| 42. | harrowing | extremely distressing |
| 43. | havoc | widespread destruction or chaos |
| 44. | heartache | deep emotional pain |
| 45. | heartbreaking | causing deep sadness |
| 46. | hopeless | without any hope |
| 47. | horrible | very unpleasant or upsetting |
| 48. | hurt | emotional or physical pain |
| 49. | ill omen | a sign of bad luck |
| 50. | injury | harm or damage suffered |
| 51. | jarring | shocking in an unpleasant way |
| 52. | lamentable | very disappointing or regrettable |
| 53. | letdown | a disappointing outcome |
| 54. | loss | the fact of losing |
| 55. | menace | something threatening or dangerous |
| 56. | miserable | very unhappy or unpleasant |
| 57. | misery | great unhappiness or suffering |
| 58. | misfortune | bad luck or trouble |
| 59. | nasty | very unpleasant or harmful |
| 60. | negative | bad or harmful |
| 61. | nightmare | a terrible experience |
| 62. | ominous | suggesting something bad ahead |
| 63. | ordeal | a painful experience |
| 64. | painful | emotionally hard to bear |
| 65. | peril | serious danger |
| 66. | poor | unsatisfactory or unfortunate |
| 67. | portent | a sign of future trouble |
| 68. | red flag | a sign of trouble |
| 69. | regrettable | causing sadness or disappointment |
| 70. | rough | difficult or unpleasant |
| 71. | ruin | complete destruction or failure |
| 72. | ruinous | causing severe damage or loss |
| 73. | sad | causing or showing sorrow |
| 74. | serious | severe and important |
| 75. | setback | a reversal or delay |
| 76. | shocking | causing surprise and distress |
| 77. | slump | a sharp decline |
| 78. | sorrowful | full of sadness |
| 79. | sorry | sad or regrettable |
| 80. | sour | unpleasant or disappointing |
| 81. | terrible | extremely bad or distressing |
| 82. | threat | possible danger or harm |
| 83. | tragedy | a very sad event |
| 84. | tragic | causing great sadness or suffering |
| 85. | tragicomic | both sad and absurd |
| 86. | traumatic | causing lasting emotional shock |
| 87. | trouble | difficulty or distress |
| 88. | troubling | causing worry or distress |
| 89. | ugly | very unpleasant or nasty |
| 90. | unfavorable | not advantageous or positive |
| 91. | unfortunate | bad in an unlucky way |
| 92. | unhappy | sad or unfortunate |
| 93. | unnerving | making someone feel uneasy |
| 94. | unpleasant | not enjoyable or acceptable |
| 95. | unwelcome | not wanted or pleasing |
| 96. | upsetting | making someone sad or worried |
| 97. | warning | notice of possible danger |
| 98. | woeful | full of sorrow or misery |
| 99. | worrying | causing concern |
| 100. | wreckage | serious damage left behind |
