3
acerb
3
astringent(adjective, severe, bleak, stark, austere)
3
barbaric(adjective, rough, rude, coarse, awkward)
3
beetle-browed(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
3
bleak(adjective, severe, stark, austere, inhospitable)
3
cacophonous(adjective, severe, rough, harsh, dirty)
3
cavalier
3
cheerless(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
3
chilly(adjective, severe, nasty, cold, hostile)
3
clodhopping(adjective, rough, rude, coarse, awkward)
3
clumsy(adjective, sharp, rough, harsh, rude)
3
cracked(adjective, sound, severe, rough, harsh)
3
dismal(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
3
down(adjective, sadness, gloom, unclear, morose)
3
dyspeptic
3
forbidding
3
gaunt(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
3
gruffy(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
3
grumbling(adjective, negative, bad temper)
3
ill-tempered(adjective, low, rude, gloomy, miserable)
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