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quick-tempered(adjective, mean, violent, furious, fiery)
2
rash(adjective, reckless, impetuous, excitable)
2
raucous(adjective, rough, harsh, dirty, coarse)
2
roaring(adjective, violent, wild, bitter, murky)
2
roiled(adjective, calm)
2
ruinous(adjective, severe, harsh, intense, terrible)
2
thundery(wild, windy, rainy)
2
torrid(adjective, violent, wild, bitter, heated)
2
touchy(adjective, mean, difficult, violent, irritable)
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ugly(adjective, calm)
2
ungovernable(adjective, intense, turbulent, stormy, uncontrolled)
2
unmanageable
2
volatile(adjective, heated, excitable)
2
worked up(expression, adjective, violent, excited, animated)
1
ablaze(adjective, heated)
1
acute(adjective, severe, harsh, intense, terrible)
1
advancing
1
aflame(adjective, heated)
1
all-consuming(adjective, heated)
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ambush
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