6
thankless(adjective, difficult, pain, disagreeable, lousy)
6
throbbing(adjective, painful, sickness, ache, anguishes)
6
tormenting(adjective, painful, sickness, ache, anguishes)
6
uncongenial(adjective, good, mean, hard, cool)
6
unsightly(adjective, tough, nasty, plain, offensive)
6
whiny(rude, obnoxious)
6
wicked(adjective, mean, bad, severe, nasty)
6
wrong(adjective, mean, bad, nasty, harsh)
5
Gorgonian(adjective, dull, disgusting, ugly, bad-looking)
5
acrimonious(adjective, mean, tough, severe, harsh)
5
afflictive(adjective, sad, tender, offensive, sorrow)
5
bothersome(adjective, hard, tough, severe, offensive)
5
burning(adjective, sickness, ache, anguishes)
5
cantankerous(adjective, mean, hard, evil, rough)
5
crabbed(adjective, mean, nasty, dirty, horrible)
5
cross(adjective, rude, disagreeable, obnoxious, ill-tempered)
5
curmudgeonly
5
detestable(adjective, mean, nasty, offensive, awful)
5
extreme(adjective, hard, tough, harsh, tender)
5
fierce(adjective, mean, bad, severe, harsh)
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