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69 entries under harsh topic. ×
| exorbitant(adjective, severe, stringent, drastic) | |
| hard-boiled(adjective, tough, severe, firm) | |
| inexorable(adjective, severe, cruel, serious) | |
| joyless(adjective, dull, unhappy, dark) | |
| mournful(adjective, dull, severe, obscure, sad) | |
| prudish(adjective, tough, severe, warm, firm) | |
| puritanical(adjective, tough, severe, warm, firm) | |
| comfortless(adjective, dull, unhappy, dark) | |
| dead set(expression, adjective, tough, severe, firm) | |
| disciplinary(adjective, tough, severe, firm) | |
| drastic(adjective, severe, cruel, brutal) | |
| excessive(adjective, severe, difficult, heavy) | |
| firm(adjective, tough, severe, cruel) | |
| forbidding(adjective, tough, severe, firm) | |
| headache(adjective, severe, heavy, cruel) | |
| iron-fisted(adjective, tough, severe, firm) | |
| melancholy(adjective, dull, sad, unhappy) | |
| no-nonsense(adjective, tough, severe, firm) | |
| picky(adjective, tough, severe, firm) | |
| punctilious(adjective, hard, tough, severe, rough) |
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