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hot-tempered(adjective, difficult, unpleasant, irritable, disagreeable)
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hurtful(adjective, malevolent)
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icy(adjective, hard, tough, severe, cold)
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illiberal(adjective, close, mean, cheap, narrow)
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indecorous(adjective, hard, tough, rough, harsh)
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insensitive(adjective, hard, tough, severe, cold)
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lugubrious
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malignant(adjective, malevolent)
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obnoxious
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obstreperous
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perfidious(adjective, hard, rough, nasty, rude)
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pettish(adjective, difficult, rude, unpleasant, short)
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petty(adjective, close, mean, near, irritable)
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provincial(adjective, rough, rude, coarse, awkward)
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pugnacious(difficult, irritable, turbulent, belligerent, argumentative)
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rancorous(adjective, speech, unfriendly, bitter, belligerent)
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rapacious(adjective, close, mean, near, narrow)
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rowdy(adjective, hard, tough, harsh, rude)
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saturnine(tough, low, harsh, gloomy, depressed)
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sordid(adjective, close, mean, near, narrow)
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