dispiriting, disastrous, disheartening, saddening, frustrating, humbling, dissatisfying, unsettling, rewarding, disenchanting, jaded, dismaying, mortifying, painful, humiliating, regretful, sad, exasperating, depressing, embittered, demoralizing, enlightening, heartbreaking, torturous, tortuous, infuriating, embarrassing, terrifying, unsatisfying, displeasing, unpalatable, unnerving, cathartic, frightening, unpleasant, cynical, wrenching, traumatic, maddening, shocking, callow, disappointing, nightmarish, distasteful, tumultuous, bittersweet, discomforting, regrettable, chastened, dishonorable, bewildering, harrowing, hopeless, terrible, misguided, shameful, unenjoyable, unrealizable, distressing, mystifying, tragic, miserable, unsalvageable, pyrrhic victory, sobering, revelatory, horrifying, sorrowful, surprising, ignominious, unserious, laughable, distressful, silver lining, dishonest, unenlightening, irredeemable, satisfying, tedious, hellish, bitter, unrewarding, dumbfounding, unentertaining, pyrrhic, untaught, innumerate, rudderless, embarassing, causeless, idealistic, scary, edifying, surreal, momentous, disorienting, perilous, unsurprising, cri de coeur, anticlimactic, sordid, disconcerting, adversities, betrayals, blinding, disenchantment, hate, heartburn, hurt, ire, partings, venom, acrimony, afflictions, affronts, aggravation, aggravations, amusement, anguish, annoyance, aversions, baldness, discouraging, disturbing, exciting, grimmer

convincing, disenchanting