off-putting, saddening, disheartening

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off-putting, saddening, disheartening

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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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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.
"We are not wholly bad or good, who live our lives under Milk Wood :-| " — Dylan Thomas, Under Milk Wood

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Thank you.
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