| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | acute | serious and intense |
| 2. | adamant | firm and unyielding |
| 3. | agonizing | causing extreme pain or distress |
| 4. | appalling | shockingly bad or harsh |
| 5. | arduous | requiring great effort |
| 6. | austere | plain, strict, and severe |
| 7. | authoritarian | favoring strict obedience |
| 8. | awful | very bad or unpleasant |
| 9. | backbreaking | extremely hard physical work |
| 10. | barbaric | extremely cruel or brutal |
| 11. | biting | sharply harsh or painful |
| 12. | bleak | without hope; grim |
| 13. | blistering | extremely intense or harsh |
| 14. | brutal | cruelly harsh or intense |
| 15. | caustic | sarcastically harsh or biting |
| 16. | ceaseless | continuing without stopping |
| 17. | crippling | causing serious weakness or damage |
| 18. | critical | dangerously serious |
| 19. | crushing | overwhelmingly harsh or damaging |
| 20. | cutting | harshly critical or painful |
| 21. | deep | intense or serious |
| 22. | demanding | requiring much effort or discipline |
| 23. | dire | extremely serious or urgent |
| 24. | distressing | causing anxiety or suffering |
| 25. | disturbing | causing worry or unease |
| 26. | draconian | excessively harsh or strict |
| 27. | drastic | extreme and far-reaching |
| 28. | dreadful | very bad or serious |
| 29. | exacting | demanding great care or effort |
| 30. | excessive | more than reasonable or acceptable |
| 31. | excruciating | extremely painful |
| 32. | exhausting | very tiring and demanding |
| 33. | extreme | very great in degree |
| 34. | fearsome | causing fear; formidable |
| 35. | ferocious | extremely fierce or intense |
| 36. | fierce | strong, violent, or intense |
| 37. | formidable | impressively difficult or threatening |
| 38. | frightful | very unpleasant or alarming |
| 39. | full-blown | fully developed and intense |
| 40. | gloomy | dark and depressing |
| 41. | grave | serious and worrying |
| 42. | grim | harsh, bleak, and serious |
| 43. | grueling | extremely tiring and difficult |
| 44. | hardline | very strict and uncompromising |
| 45. | harmful | causing damage or injury |
| 46. | harsh | very strict or unpleasant |
| 47. | horrible | extremely unpleasant or bad |
| 48. | horrific | shockingly bad or dreadful |
| 49. | implacable | unable to be calmed |
| 50. | inclement | harsh and stormy |
| 51. | inflexible | not willing to change |
| 52. | inhuman | cruel and lacking compassion |
| 53. | injurious | causing harm or damage |
| 54. | intense | very strong or extreme |
| 55. | major | serious or important in scale |
| 56. | malignant | harmful and dangerous |
| 57. | marked | clearly noticeable and strong |
| 58. | merciless | showing no pity or leniency |
| 59. | monstrous | shockingly cruel or extreme |
| 60. | nasty | very unpleasant or harsh |
| 61. | obdurate | stubbornly refusing to soften |
| 62. | oppressive | cruelly burdensome or harsh |
| 63. | outrageous | shockingly excessive or harsh |
| 64. | overwhelming | very great and hard to handle |
| 65. | painful | causing physical or emotional pain |
| 66. | pitiless | showing no mercy |
| 67. | profound | very great or intense |
| 68. | pronounced | very noticeable or strong |
| 69. | punishing | causing great strain or pain |
| 70. | punitive | intended to punish harshly |
| 71. | relentless | continuing without easing |
| 72. | remorseless | showing no regret or mercy |
| 73. | repressive | harshly controlling freedom |
| 74. | rigid | strict and not adaptable |
| 75. | rigorous | very thorough and strict |
| 76. | rough | harsh or not gentle |
| 77. | ruthless | without pity or compassion |
| 78. | savage | fiercely harsh or cruel |
| 79. | scathing | severely critical and harsh |
| 80. | serious | important and potentially dangerous |
| 81. | stern | serious and strict in manner |
| 82. | stiff | strict or hard to deal with |
| 83. | stinging | sharply painful or critical |
| 84. | strict | demanding exact obedience or rules |
| 85. | stringent | strict and demanding |
| 86. | tart | sharply critical or biting |
| 87. | taxing | very demanding or draining |
| 88. | terrible | extremely bad or serious |
| 89. | tormenting | causing intense suffering |
| 90. | tough | hard to endure or deal with |
| 91. | troubling | causing concern or distress |
| 92. | uncompromising | not willing to soften |
| 93. | unrelenting | not easing or weakening |
| 94. | unsparing | not gentle or lenient |
| 95. | unyielding | not bending or softening |
| 96. | vicious | brutally harsh or intense |
| 97. | violent | very forceful or intense |
| 98. | virulent | extremely harmful or bitter |
| 99. | wintry | cold, bleak, and harsh |
| 100. | withering | devastatingly harsh or scornful |
