In the sentence, 'it's a sobering finding', can 'off-putting', 'saddening' and 'disheartening' equally replace 'sobering'? Do they have more or less the same meanings?
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off-putting, saddening, disheartening
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Re: off-putting, saddening, disheartening
They all have a "negative" connotation but they are not "the same" as "sobering". They might all be "sobering" but in different, more precise ways.
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Re: off-putting, saddening, disheartening
Thank you.