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| ordeal(difficulty, severity, conformity, strictness) | |
| piercing | |
| piquancy(sharpness, acerbity, acidity, mordancy) | |
| sadism(violence, torture, cruelty, spite) | |
| savageness(violence, torture, cruelty, spite) | |
| spite(speech, hatred, resentment, hostility) | |
| spitefulness(hatred, resentment, hostility, antagonism) | |
| sting(sharpness, acerbity, acidity, mordancy) | |
| ticklishness | |
| tightness | |
| vindictiveness(hatred, resentment, hostility, antagonism) | |
| vulgarity(rudeness, disrespect, disdain, nerve) | |
| wearying | |
| cacophony(conflict, discord, noise, tumult) | |
| clumsiness(rudeness, indiscretion, thoughtlessness, unkindness) | |
| abusiveness(abuse, rudeness, misery, suffering) | |
| adversity | |
| altercation | |
| animus(hatred, resentment, hostility, antagonism) | |
| audacity(rudeness, disrespect, disdain, nerve) |
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