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unmerciful(adjective, mean, tough, severe, harsh)
10
uphill(adjective, great, tough, easy, severe)
9
sinister(adjective, person, sad, unhappy, unpleasant)
9
agonizing(adjective, pain, sickness, ache, anguishes)
9
angry(adjective, person, rough, cruel, painful)
9
caustic(adjective, pain, sickness, ache, anguishes)
9
distressing(adjective, rough, difficult, harsh, tender)
9
effortful(adjective, great, tough, difficult, harsh)
9
forcibly(adverb, strong, fast, severely, intensely)
9
hardy(noun, adjective, person, body, strong)
9
incontrovertible(adjective, clear, certain, true, sure)
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inhumane(adjective, person, mean, tough, severe)
9
malevolent(adjective, person, mean, evil, nasty)
9
time-consuming
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unsentimental(adjective, sound, tough, reasonable, sensible)
9
wearying(adjective, dull, difficult, awkward, boring)
8
Spartan
8
alcoholic(adjective, alcohol, ingestion, intoxicating)
8
badly(adverb, severely, poorly, hardly, strictly)
8
barbaric(adjective, person, unwarmhearted)
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