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| bloody | |
| bloody-minded | |
| catty(adjective, mean, nasty, unfriendly, hateful) | |
| chauvinist | |
| chauvinistic | |
| chill(adjective, mean, nasty, unfriendly, hateful) | |
| confirmed(adjective, hard, severe, rough, harsh) | |
| contention | |
| controversial(contrary, belligerent, argumentative, contentious, quarrelsome) | |
| crabby(adjective, rough, nasty, difficult, dark) | |
| cruel(adjective, hard, severe, rough, harsh) | |
| curmudgeonly | |
| desperate(adjective, hard, severe, rough, harsh) | |
| determined(spirited, plucky) | |
| disapproving(adjective, mean, nasty, unfriendly, hateful) | |
| discordant | |
| disputative(argumentative, quarrelsome) | |
| dissentious(adjective, difficult, irritable, turbulent, belligerent) | |
| divisive | |
| dour(adjective, mean, rough, nasty, dark) |
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