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grim(adjective, severe)
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gruff(adjective, severe, nasty, cold, hostile)
2
insulting(adjective, offensive, rude, disparaging, scornful)
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minimizing(offensive, critical, unfavorable, disparaging, pejorative)
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opprobrious(adjective, offensive, rude, disparaging, scornful)
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pejorative(offensive, critical, unfavorable, disparaging, scornful)
2
picky
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reviling
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ridiculing
2
sardonic(adjective, disapprobation)
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scathing(adjective, rude, critical, dissatisfied, disparaging)
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scornful(adjective, offensive, critical, unfavorable, disparaging)
2
scrupulous
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short(adjective, severe, moralizing, moralistic)
2
slighting(offensive, disparaging, pejorative)
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smug
2
straitlaced
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stringent(adjective, severe)
2
tart(adjective, severe, speech, unfriendly, bitter)
2
unfriendly(adjective, nasty, cold, hostile, aloof)
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