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bitter(adjective, hard, nasty, pain, unpleasant)
8
dangerous(adjective, bad, offensive, cruel, foul)
8
ill(adjective, help, mean, bad, evil)
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not good(expression, idiom)
8
unkind(adjective, mean, bad, wrong, severe)
8
virulent(adjective, severe, harmful, injurious, damaging)
7
deadly(adjective, bad, evil, cruel, unkind)
7
throbbing(adjective, painful, sickness, ache, anguishes)
7
unpleasant(adjective, mean, nasty, harsh, tender)
7
venomous(adjective, mean, bad, evil, nasty)
7
vicious(adjective, mean, bad, hard, evil)
7
wounding(adjective, offensive, rude, awful, terrible)
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acute(adjective, sharp, tender, painful, uncomfortable)
6
afflictive(adjective, hard, severe, tender, pain)
6
arduous(adjective, painful, sickness, ache, anguishes)
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caustic(adjective, hard, nasty, tender, intelligent)
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dire(adjective, severe, tender, unpleasant, awful)
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hard(adjective, mean, severe, harsh, tender)
6
lethal(adjective, bad, evil, harmful, injurious)
6
malign(mean, bad, nasty, negative, malicious)
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