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200 entries under hard topic. ×
| astringent(adjective, strong, tough, severe) | |
| astute(sound, tough, reasonable, sharp) | |
| austere(adjective, strong, tough, severe) | |
| authoritarian(adjective, strong, tough, severe) | |
| benumbed(adjective, unfeeling, unsympathetic, hardened) | |
| bitter(adjective, strong, tough, severe) | |
| blind to(expression, adjective, careless, indifferent) | |
| bullhead(adjective, mean, tough, harsh) | |
| bullheaded(adjective, strong, tough, severe) | |
| businesslike(sound, reasonable, sharp, sensible) | |
| by the book(expression, adjective, idiom, strong) | |
| careless(adjective, indifferent, cruel, apathetic) | |
| coldhearted(adjective, cold, indifferent, detached) | |
| commonsense(sound, reasonable, sensible, practical) | |
| contemptuous(adjective, unfeeling, unsympathetic, hardened) | |
| deaf to(expression, adjective, careless, indifferent) | |
| disciplinary(adjective, strong, tough, severe) | |
| disdainful(adjective, unfeeling, unsympathetic, hardened) | |
| dogged(adjective, mean, harsh, inflexible) | |
| dour(adjective, tough, severe, sharp) |
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