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