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biting(adjective, hard, pain, unpleasant, painful)
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cool(adjective, person, mean, hard, unpleasant)
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cutthroat(adjective, mean, strong, severe, harsh)
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degenerate(adjective, characteristic, nasty, pain, violent)
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execrable(adjective, unpleasant, awful, terrible, disgusting)
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flagrant(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
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forbidding(adjective, characteristic, person, appearance, strong)
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foul(adjective, adverb, mean, evil, low)
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indecent(adjective, person, wicked, unwarmhearted)
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inflexible(adjective, strong, hard, tough, severe)
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miserable(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, painful)
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pernicious(adjective, characteristic, mean, nasty, pain)
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piercing(adjective, painful, endured)
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sinister(adjective, person, appearance, terrible, hopeless)
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stony(adjective, mean, hard, cool, tough)
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torturous(adjective, endured)
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vengeful(adjective, characteristic, mean, severe, nasty)
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vile(adjective, adverb, mean, evil, nasty)
7
cutting(adjective, hard, pain, unpleasant, painful)
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