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drastic(adjective, hard, severe, rough, harsh)
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dyspeptic
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enemy
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eristic
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factional
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factious
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fight
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fire-eating(noun, energetic, antagonistic, contrary, belligerent)
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flip(nasty, determined, hostile, spirited, aggressive)
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forbidding(adjective, rough, nasty, offensive, dark)
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full of fight(expression, idiom)
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hateful(adjective, mean, sharp, nasty, harsh)
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have a bone to pick(expression, adjective, idiom, nasty, hostile)
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have chip on shoulder(expression, idiom, nasty, determined, hostile)
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have it in for(expression, idiom, nasty, determined, hostile)
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headstrong(adjective, hard, severe, rough, harsh)
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hot(nasty, determined, hostile, spirited, aggressive)
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hotheaded(adjective, difficult, cruel, vicious, irritable)
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huffy(difficult, irritable, turbulent, belligerent, argumentative)
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ill-disposed(adjective, mean, nasty, unfriendly, hateful)
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