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| icy(adjective, mean, hard, cool) | |
| potent(adjective, clear, strong, sound) | |
| unkind(adjective, mean, hard, cool) | |
| aggressive(adjective, clear, strong, lively) | |
| distressing(adjective, rough, nasty, harsh) | |
| gutsy(adjective, clear, strong, lively) | |
| intense(adjective, clear, strong, complete) | |
| labored(adjective, great, rough, difficult) | |
| not easy(expression, idiom, difficulty, difficult) | |
| numb(noun, adjective, hard, cruel) | |
| Herculean(adjective, strong, difficult, powerful) | |
| awful(adjective, bad, offensive, unpleasant) | |
| bothersome(adjective, hard, rough, difficult) | |
| cold-hearted(adjective, hard, cruel, unfeeling) | |
| craggy(adjective, bleak, stark, austere) | |
| dour(adjective, hard, sharp, firm) | |
| forbidding(adjective, strong, hard, firm) | |
| forceful(adjective, clear, strong, sound) | |
| insensible(adjective, strong, hard, careless) | |
| no picnic(expression, hard, rough, difficult) |
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