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- Thesaurus|279
- Abbreviations|0
| fraught | |
| glaring(adjective, severe, bleak, stark, austere) | |
| grating(adjective, severe, bleak, stark, austere) | |
| grievous | |
| grudging(adjective, reactive, reciprocal, tit-for-tat) | |
| gruff(adjective, hard, severe, sharp, nasty) | |
| guttural(adjective, severe, bleak, stark, austere) | |
| hairy(adjective, hard, severe, sharp, nasty) | |
| hard-boiled(adjective, hard, severe, sharp, nasty) | |
| hard-hearted | |
| hard-nosed(adjective, hard, severe, sharp, nasty) | |
| hard-shell(adjective, severe, sharp, nasty, bleak) | |
| hardboiled(sharp, nasty) | |
| heartless(severe, harsh, cruel) | |
| heavy | |
| hoarse(adjective, severe, bleak, stark, austere) | |
| incompatible(adjective, severe, bleak, stark, austere) | |
| inexorable | |
| inflicting punishment(expression, idiom) | |
| inhospitable(adjective, severe, bleak, stark, austere) |
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