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unfeeling(adjective, characteristic, person, mean, hard)
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bloodthirsty(adjective, characteristic, strong, severe, nasty)
29
mean(adjective, characteristic, person, hard, cool)
29
cold-blooded(adjective, characteristic, person, mean, hard)
29
dire(adjective, hard, difficult, unpleasant, awful)
28
rough(adjective, strong, hard, tough, severe)
28
tough(adjective, mean, strong, hard, cool)
28
fierce(adjective, characteristic, help, mean, hard)
27
barbaric(adjective, person, rude, violent, vicious)
27
cold(adjective, person, mean, hard, cool)
27
fiendish(adjective, person, evil, nasty, violent)
27
malevolent(adjective, characteristic, person, mean, strong)
27
brutish(adjective, adverb, characteristic, strong, hard)
27
grievous(adjective, hard, difficult, sad, unhappy)
27
inhumane(adjective, characteristic, person, mean, hard)
27
unbearable(adjective, hard, difficult, unpleasant, awful)
26
oppressive(adjective, hard, severe, difficult, harsh)
26
punishing(adjective, characteristic, hard, difficult, harsh)
25
malicious(adjective, characteristic, person, mean, evil)
25
unsympathetic(adjective, person, mean, hard, cool)
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