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80 entries under nasty topic. ×
| forbidding(adjective, rough, offensive, dark) | |
| hateful(adjective, mean, sharp, harsh) | |
| have a bone to pick(expression, adjective, idiom, hostile) | |
| have chip on shoulder(expression, idiom, determined, hostile) | |
| have it in for(expression, idiom, determined, hostile) | |
| hot(determined, hostile, spirited, aggressive) | |
| ill-disposed(adjective, mean, unfriendly, hateful) | |
| inhospitable(adjective, mean, unfriendly, hateful) | |
| malevolent(adjective, mean, unpleasant, horrible) | |
| malicious(adjective, mean, unfriendly, hateful) | |
| malignant(adjective, mean, unfriendly, hateful) | |
| mean(adjective, sharp, harsh, unpleasant) | |
| on the outs(expression, idiom, determined, hostile) | |
| opposed(adjective, mean, unfriendly, hateful) | |
| opposite(adjective, mean, unfriendly, hateful) | |
| oppugnant(adjective, mean, unfriendly, hateful) | |
| rancorous(adjective, mean, unfriendly, hateful) | |
| sour(adjective, mean, unfriendly, hateful) | |
| spiteful(adjective, mean, rough, dark) | |
| unkind(adjective, mean, unfriendly, hateful) |
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