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loutish(rude, coarse, sullen, boorish)
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menacing(adjective, unpleasant, horrible, disagreeable, dreadful)
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misanthropic(adjective, person, tough, nasty, harsh)
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mopey
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mopish(blue, low, melancholy, miserable, depressed)
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mumpish(grumpy, bad-tempered, tetchy)
2
murky(adjective, sadness, gloom, unclear, morose)
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obstinate(adjective, mean, difficult, cross, irritable)
2
ominous(adjective, mean, bad, wrong, evil)
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pettish(adjective, hurt, difficult, delicate, cross)
2
pouting(adjective, bad mood)
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pugnacious(adjective, mean, rough, nasty, dark)
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ruthless(adjective, mean, hard, tough, severe)
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savage(adjective, mean, harsh, cruel, vicious)
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scathing(adjective, hostile, belligerent, quarrelsome)
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scrappy(adjective, mean, nasty, hostile, unfriendly)
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shocking(adjective, unpleasant, horrible, disagreeable, ugly)
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sinister(adjective, mean, bad, wrong, evil)
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snarling(adjective, cross, irritable, emotional, vulnerable)
2
snippy(rough, rude, coarse, short, sullen)
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