5
severe(adjective, hard, bleak, stark, austere)
5
unsympathetic(adjective, mean, cool, nasty, unfriendly)
4
aloof(adjective, cool, nasty, cold, shy)
4
bare(adjective, desolate)
4
chilly(adjective, nasty, cold, hostile, aloof)
4
dour(adjective, mean, severe, nasty, sorrow)
4
forbidding(adjective, warn)
4
joyless(adjective, cool, unfriendly, aloof, distant)
4
misanthropic(adjective, nasty, cold, hostile, aloof)
4
sinister(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
4
stark(adjective, severe, bleak, austere, desolate)
4
ungracious(adjective, severe, rude, bleak, gracious)
4
unhospitable(adjective, warn, forbidding)
4
uninviting(adjective, warn)
3
antisocial(adjective, nasty, cold, shy, hostile)
3
baleful(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
3
cheerless(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
3
closed(adjective, coldhearted)
3
desert(adjective, desolate)
3
desolate
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