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