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98 entries under severe topic. ×
| backbreaking(adjective, tough, rough, difficult) | |
| consequential(hard, offensive, upsetting, disturbing) | |
| discommoding(hard, offensive, awkward, uneasy) | |
| discomposing(hard, offensive, upsetting, disturbing) | |
| distasteful(adjective, hard, tender, offensive) | |
| dour(adjective, tough, harsh, cruel) | |
| exacting(adjective, tough, rough, difficult) | |
| fatiguing(adjective, tough, rough, difficult) | |
| foreboding(hard, offensive, hopeless, upsetting) | |
| grinding(adjective, tough, rough, difficult) | |
| inclement(adjective, tough, harsh, unpleasant) | |
| inconvenient(hard, offensive, awkward, uneasy) | |
| intemperate(adjective, tough, harsh, unpleasant) | |
| laborious(adjective, hard, rough, difficult) | |
| overpowering(adjective, strong, harsh, violent) | |
| perplexing(hard, offensive, awkward, uneasy) | |
| pessimistic(hard, offensive, upsetting, disturbing) | |
| provoking(adjective, hard, offensive, unpleasant) | |
| rigorous(adjective, tough, rough, difficult) | |
| rugged(adjective, tough, rough, difficult) |
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