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| strict | |
| tough(adjective, rough, difficult, awkward, grim) | |
| very careful(expression, adjective, demanding, meticulous, fussy) | |
| Pecksniffian(nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic) | |
| ambitious(tough, problematic, trying) | |
| anal | |
| arduous(tough, problematic, trying) | |
| argumentative(adjective, tough, grim, problematic, trying) | |
| assiduous | |
| backbreaker(tough, problematic, trying) | |
| bad tempered(expression, nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic) | |
| bearish(adjective, tough, difficult, grim, critical) | |
| bemoaning(difficult, critical, complaining) | |
| big-eyed | |
| boorish(adjective, tough, grim, problematic, trying) | |
| bothersome(tough, problematic, trying) | |
| burdensome(tough, problematic, trying) | |
| by the book | |
| calumniatory(nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic) | |
| cantankerous(difficult, critical, complaining) |
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