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84 entries under nasty topic. ×
| hateful(adjective, person, mean, bad, wrong) | |
| bitter(adjective, mean, unfriendly, irritable) | |
| cold(adjective, person, mean, hard, tough) | |
| dyspeptic(adjective, mean, cross, unpleasant) | |
| obnoxious(adjective, rough, dark, rude) | |
| scowling(adjective, rough, dark, unpleasant) | |
| aloof(adjective, person, cold, negative) | |
| argumentative(adjective, mean, hostile, unfriendly) | |
| bellicose(adjective, mean, rough, difficult) | |
| contentious(adjective, mean, difficult, cross) | |
| malevolent(adjective, mean, bad, wrong, evil) | |
| ornery(adjective, mean, difficult, delicate) | |
| temperamental(adjective, mean, delicate, unpleasant) | |
| virulent(adjective, mean, unfriendly, hateful) | |
| adverse(adjective, person, mean, bad, wrong) | |
| belligerent(adjective, mean, hostile, unfriendly) | |
| combative(adjective, cold, hostile, aloof) | |
| disobliging(adjective, mean, difficult, rude) | |
| forbidding(adjective, severe, rough, dark) | |
| inhospitable(adjective, mean, cold, unfriendly) |
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