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distressing
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bothersome(difficult, painful)
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exigent(hard, difficult, heavy, severity)
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humid(moist, close, warm, hot)
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imperious(hard, domineering, tyrannical, authoritarian)
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peremptory(severity, arrogant, haughty, dominant)
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repressive
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totalitarian(tyrannical, dictatorial)
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absolute
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arbitrary
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arrogant(severity, stale, haughty, dominant)
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harrowing
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high-handed(arrogant, haughty, dominant, commanding)
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irksome(dull, difficult, boring, painful)
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miserable(dull, sad, unhappy, dark)
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rigid(hard, tough, severe, rough)
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stern(hard, tough, severe, rough)
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strenuous(dull, difficult, harsh, cruel)
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uncomfortable(dull, unhappy, dark, painful)
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annoying(dull, boring, painful, tedious)
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