1
decent
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depressed
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depressing
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devout
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disapproving
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disciplinary(adjective, tough, severe, firm, harsh)
1
disconsolate
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discriminating
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discriminative
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dispirited
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dispiriting
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dogmatic
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downcast
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eremitic
1
evangelical
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exact
1
finical
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flagellant
1
forbidding(adjective, tough, severe, firm, harsh)
1
fundamental(adjective, severe)
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