8
pitiless(adjective, animal, mean, hard, tough)
8
savage(adjective, animal, mean, hard, tough)
8
sulky(adjective, appearance, sorrow, depress, sadness)
8
surly(adjective, appearance, mean, severe, harsh)
8
terrifying(adjective, nasty, dark, unpleasant, awful)
8
unkind(adjective, animal, person, mean, hard)
8
wicked(adjective, severe, harsh, terrible, cruel)
8
woeful(adjective, dull, sad, unhappy, dark)
7
aloof(adjective, person, unwarmhearted)
7
atrocious(adjective, bad, harsh, offensive, unpleasant)
7
dejected(adjective, dull, blue, low, sad)
7
determined(adjective, harsh, cruel, fierce, unreasonable)
7
direful(adjective, black, baleful, bodeful)
7
dolorous(adjective, person, dull, sad, unhappy)
7
downhearted(adjective, blue, low, sad, unhappy)
7
drear
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evil(adjective, black, baleful, bodeful, arouse bad emotions)
7
foreboding(adjective, appearance, tough, sad, offensive)
7
forlorn(adjective, person, dull, sad, thin)
7
frigid(adjective, person, unwarmhearted)
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