5
demanding(adjective, severe, violent, hostile, exacting)
5
hardened(adjective, person, hard, tough, harsh)
5
inhuman(adjective, person, mean, hard, tough)
5
revengeful(adjective, mean, harsh, cruel, vicious)
5
rigid(adjective, harsh, cruel, determined, fierce)
5
rough(adjective, person, hard, severe, harsh)
5
savage(adjective, mean, hard, tough, severe)
5
spiteful(adjective, mean, hateful, unkind, malicious)
5
unbending(adjective, hard, rough, harsh, cruel)
5
vengeful(adjective, mean, severe, harsh, cruel)
4
awful
4
barbarous(adjective, mean, hard, tough, severe)
4
cold-blooded(adjective, person, mean, hard, harsh)
4
dogged(adjective, harsh, cruel, determined, fierce)
4
exacting(adjective, hard, severe, rough, harsh)
4
flinty(adjective, rocky, pebbly)
4
forbidding(adjective, person, hard, tough, harsh)
4
hard-hearted(adjective, mean, hard, tough, harsh)
4
hardhearted(adjective, mean, hard, severe, harsh)
4
sadistic(adjective, person, mean, harsh, cruel)
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