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sore(adjective, hard, severe, difficult, complex)
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laborious(adjective, hard, difficult, complex)
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malicious(adjective, mean, bad, hard, evil)
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noisome(adjective, bad, blue, taste, offensive)
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operose(adjective, hard, difficult, complex)
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smutty(adjective, bad, blue, offensive, rude)
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stodgy(adjective, hard, difficult, complex)
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tricky(adjective, hard, difficult, complex)
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unclean(adjective, bad, blue, taste, offensive)
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unpalatable(adjective, bad, offensive, unpleasant, awful)
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wretched(adjective, good, mean, evil, rough)
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esoteric(adjective, hard, evil, difficult, complex)
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heinous(adjective, bad, wrong, blue, evil)
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unkind(adjective, person, mean, hard, cool)
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execrable(adjective, taste, unpleasant, awful, terrible)
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grisly(adjective, unpleasant, awful, terrible, dirty)
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squalid(adjective, mean, taste, poor, clean)
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atrocious(adjective, bad, wrong, blue, evil)
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bitter(adjective, mean, hard, severe, sharp)
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hostile(adjective, person, mean, hard, severe)
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