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harrowing(tender, offensive, extreme, raw)
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heartless(mean, hard, tough, harsh)
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icy(hard, cool, tough, keen)
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incisive(sharp, exact, cold, piercing)
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mean(clear, hard, tough, evil)
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mordant(mean, sharp, nasty, difficult)
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overbearing(difficult, harsh, character trait)
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radical(extreme, extremes)
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resolute(tough, terrible, fixed, rigid)
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strait-laced(severity, stern, uncompromising)
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uncomfortable(painful, sickness, ache, anguishes)
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unforgiving(person, mean, hard, rough)
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angry(state, characteristic, tough, harsh)
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atrocious
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blunt(hard, tough, harsh, plain)
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determined(persistent, rigid, obstinate, insistent)
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disagreeable(hard, tough, harsh, tender)
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effortful(tough, rough, difficult, harsh)
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exigent(hard, tough, difficult, harsh)
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hurting(painful, sickness, ache, anguishes)
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