3
crushed
3
dirty(adjective, calm, hard, rough, nasty)
3
dour(adjective, tough, severe, harsh, cruel)
3
energetic(adjective, strong, sound, tough, big)
3
flinty(adjective, strong, hard, tough, harsh)
3
forbidding(adjective, strong, hard, tough, harsh)
3
gnarled(adjective, rough, roughness)
3
gruff(adjective, severe, rough, harsh, dirty)
3
hard-bitten(adjective, strong, hard, continue)
3
hard as nails(expression, adjective, idiom, set, strong)
3
hulking
3
ill-bred(adjective, wild, crude, unsophisticated, primitive)
3
inharmonious
3
ironbound(adjective, smooth)
3
knockabout(adjective, action, rough)
3
leathery(adjective, hard, bumpy, durable, weathered)
3
loutish(adjective, crude, uncouth)
3
mountainous(adjective, bumpy, weathered)
3
perverse(adjective, tough, severe, difficulty, harsh)
3
pitted
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