4
insensitivity(noun, quality, cruelty, coldness, pitilessness)
4
ruggedness(noun, quality, severity, atrocity, austerity)
4
ruthlessness(noun, quality, cruelty, coldness, pitilessness)
4
starkness(noun, quality, severity, atrocity, austerity)
4
sternness(noun, quality, cruelty, coldness, pitilessness)
4
unkindness(noun, quality, cruelty, coldness, pitilessness)
4
unpleasant sounds(expression, state, feeling, sound, voice)
3
acerbic(adjective, characteristic, toughness, atrocity, atrocity. toughness)
3
austere(adjective, characteristic, toughness, atrocity, atrocity. toughness)
3
awkward(adjective, characteristic, toughness, atrocity, atrocity. toughness)
3
barbarian(noun, adjective, characteristic, toughness, atrocity)
3
coarse(adjective, characteristic, toughness, atrocity, atrocity. toughness)
3
feeling(noun, state, sound, voice)
3
ferocious(adjective, characteristic, toughness, atrocity, atrocity. toughness)
3
grating(adjective, characteristic, toughness, atrocity, atrocity. toughness)
3
grim(adjective, characteristic, toughness, atrocity, atrocity. toughness)
3
inharmonious(adjective, characteristic, toughness, atrocity, atrocity. toughness)
3
merciless(adjective, characteristic, toughness, atrocity, atrocity. toughness)
3
oppressive(adjective, characteristic, toughness, atrocity, atrocity. toughness)
3
rough(adjective, characteristic, toughness, atrocity, atrocity. toughness)
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