adj. |
[1] |
strict
,
terrible
,
wicked
,
harsh
,
rigorous
,
austere
,
hard
,
stony
,
stony-hearted
,
hard-hearted
,
flinty
,
inexorable
,
iron-handed
,
oppressive
,
unbending
,
rigid
,
uncompromising
,
relentless
,
unyielding
,
obdurate
,
pitiless
,
punitive
,
merciless
,
unsympathetic
,
unfeeling
,
cruel
,
brutal
,
mean
,
savage
,
inhuman
,
beastly
,
ruthless
,
despotic
,
dictatorial
,
tyrannical
,
autocratic
,
demanding
,
exacting
,
painstaking
,
fastidious
,
exigent
,
taxing
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[2] |
stern
,
hard
,
knockout
,
forbidding
,
dour
,
glowering
,
grave
,
grim
,
stiff
,
strait-laced
,
serious
,
unsmiling
,
sober
,
cold
,
frigid
,
aloof
,
austere
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[3] |
dangerous
,
austere
,
stark
,
critical
,
dreadful
,
stern
,
awful
,
life-threatening
,
acute
,
dire
,
mortal
,
fatal
,
terminal
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[4] |
stringent
,
spartan
,
punitive
,
harsh
,
punishing
,
burdensome
,
tough
,
onerous
,
grievous
,
painful
,
Draconian/Draconic
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[5] |
harsh
,
dangerous
,
grave
,
bitter
,
cold
,
grievous
,
serious
,
inclement
,
keen
,
life-threatening
,
violent
,
stormy
,
intense
,
turbulent
,
fierce
,
wicked
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[6] |
stark
,
bare
,
plain
,
austere
,
Spartan
,
ascetic
,
primitive
,
simple
,
sparse
,
spare
,
monastic
,
modest
,
unadorned
,
unembellished
,
crude
,
undecorated
,
unembroidered
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