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relentlessness(sternness, ruthlessness, pitilessness, mercilessness)
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sarcasm(pain, speech, resentment, hostility)
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spleen(hatred, resentment, hostility, antagonism)
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dissonance(conflict, discord, noise, tumult)
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stridency(discord, shrillness)
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acridness(sharpness, acerbity, acidity, mordancy)
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animality(torture, cruelty, spite, malice)
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awkwardness
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badness
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barbarism(violence, torture, cruelty, spite)
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beastliness
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bile(hatred, resentment, hostility, antagonism)
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boorishness(rudeness, disrespect, disdain, indiscretion)
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brutishness(violence, torture, cruelty, spite)
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cantankerousness(difficulty, irritability, grouchiness, crabbiness)
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cogency
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cold-bloodedness(cruelty, unkindness, callousness, hardheartedness)
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coldness(severity, torture, cruelty, spite)
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contrariness
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coolness
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