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churlishness(speech, sharpness, severity, bitterness)
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clamor(conflict, noise, tumult, disharmony)
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clash(force, attack, power, disorder)
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fierceness(force, attack, violence, intensity)
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hardship(abuse, misery, suffering, severity)
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heartlessness(torture, cruelty, spite, malice)
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inflexibility(firmness, severity, conformity, strictness)
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inhumanity(violence, torture, cruelty, spite)
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malignity(hatred, resentment, hostility, antagonism)
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sourness(sharpness, severity, acerbity, acidity)
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tartness(speech, sharpness, severity, bitterness)
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truculence(torture, cruelty, spite, malice)
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tyranny(quality, cruelty, strictness, domination)
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viciousness(violence, torture, cruelty, spite)
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scratchiness(quality, toughness, roughness, shrillness)
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meticulousness(severity, conformity, strictness, conservatism)
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rigourousness
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severeness
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acrimoniousness(pain, resentment, hostility, acrimony)
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anger(quality, resentment, severity, cruelty)
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