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418 entries under adjective topic. ×
| bitter | |
| blunt(rude, coarse, irritable, sullen) | |
| boorish(rough, rude, coarse, awkward) | |
| bothersome | |
| carping(mean, severe, difficult, cross) | |
| cloddish(rough, rude, coarse, awkward) | |
| clodhopping(rough, rude, coarse, awkward) | |
| cynical(sullen, grumpy, bad-tempered, tetchy) | |
| edgy(difficult, short, sensitive, critical) | |
| fault-finding(mean, severe, cross, irritable) | |
| firm(tough, persistent, obstinate, stubborn) | |
| formidable(hard, evil, rough, nasty) | |
| frowning(low, gloomy, miserable, depressed) | |
| glowering | |
| ill-mannered(mean, bad, wrong, evil) | |
| incompliant(tough, firm, difficult, wild) | |
| laborious | |
| liverish(hard, evil, rough, nasty) | |
| lowbred(rough, rude, coarse, awkward) | |
| malevolent(mean, bad, wrong, evil) |
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