Related Words for bitter

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acerbic
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Adjective
acid
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Adjective, Adjective, Noun
acrid
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Noun, Adjective
acrimonious
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Adjective, Adjective
caustic
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Adjective, Adjective, Noun
blistering
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Noun, Adjective
venomous
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Adjective, Adjective
vitriolic
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Adjective, Adjective, Noun
virulent
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Noun, Adjective
sorrowful
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Adjective, Adjective
painful
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Adjective, Adjective
resentful
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Adjective, Adjective
tasteful
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Adjective, Adjective
hostile
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Adjective, Adjective
unpleasant
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Adjective, Adjective
intolerable
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Adjective, Adjective
sulphurous
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Adjective, Adjective
embittered
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Adjective
spiteful
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Adjective
angry
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Adjective
harsh
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Adjective
nasty
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Adjective
vindictive
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Adjective
salty
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Adjective
cynical
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Adjective
sweeter
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Adjective
disagreeable
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Adjective
peppery
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Adjective
bittersweet
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Noun
pungent
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Adjective
vengeful
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Adjective
unhappy
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Adjective
bitchy
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Adjective
miserable
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Adjective
petulant
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Adjective
revengeful
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Adjective
jaded
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Adjective
vicious
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Adjective
cold
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Noun
antagonistic
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Adjective
hateful
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Adjective
sarcastic
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Adjective
vehement
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Adjective
regretful
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Adjective
snide
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Adjective
astringent
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Adjective
peevish
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Adjective
nutty
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Noun
fiery
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Adjective
scornful
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Adjective
grouchy
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Noun
morose
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Adjective
vile
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Adjective
grumpy
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Adjective
petty
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Noun
cranky
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Adjective
indignant
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Adjective
truculent
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Adjective
disgruntled
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Adjective
cruel
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Adjective
tangy
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Noun
unsympathetic
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Adjective
sullen
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Adjective
quarrelsome
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Adjective
unkind
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Adjective
whiny
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Adjective
ambivalent
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Adjective
contentious
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Adjective
bloody
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Adjective
irritable
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Adjective
arrogant
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Adjective
insipid
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Adjective
hurtful
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Adjective
ugly
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Adjective
sardonic
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Adjective
strident
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Adjective
brutal
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Adjective
snotty
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Adjective
aftertaste
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Noun
disdainful
x/x
Adjective
frosty
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Noun
sneering
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Verb
bilious
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Adjective
unpalatable
x/xxx
Adjective
surly
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Adjective
fiercer
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Adjective
pessimistic
xx/x
Adjective
divisive
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Adjective
tearful
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Adjective
lonely
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Adjective
violent
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Adjective
upset
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Noun
protracted
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Adjective
querulous
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Adjective
sharp
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Adjective
potent
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Adjective
tart
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Noun
rough
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Adjective
scathing
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Adjective
scorching
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Adjective
keen
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Adjective
eager
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Adjective
poignant
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Adjective
piquant
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Adjective
stinking
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Noun
strong
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Adjective
odorous
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Adjective
corrosive
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Adjective
medicinal
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Adjective
brusque
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Adjective
racy
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Noun
rich
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Adjective
spicy
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Noun
saucy
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Adjective
funky
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Adjective
stinging
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Adjective
ripe
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Adjective
bright
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Adjective
smelly
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Adjective
manioc
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Noun
aloes
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Noun
almond
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Noun
pill
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Noun
vetch
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Noun
cassava
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Noun
recriminations
xxx/x
Noun
gall
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Noun
melon
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Noun
reproaches
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Noun
dregs
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Noun
feud
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Noun
disappointment
xx/x
Noun
gourd
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Noun
pint
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Noun
sarcasm
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Noun
tasting
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Noun
abject
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
above
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun
acquaintance
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Noun
acute
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
adams
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Name
affliction
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Noun
agonizing
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Adjective, Noun
alarm
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Noun, Verb
anglo
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Name
arduous
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Adjective
atrocity
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Noun
barrett
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Name
bates
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Name
baxter
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Name
beer
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Noun, Verb
black
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Adjective, Name, Verb
collins
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Name
deadliest
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Adjective
deep
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun
desperate
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Adjective, Noun
dewey
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Name
difficult
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Adjective, Verb
dire
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Adjective, Noun
distressing
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Adjective
drastic
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Adjective, Noun
dreadful
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun
dura
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Noun
excruciating
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Adjective
extreme
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb
factional
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Adjective
ferocious
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Adjective
flavored
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Adjective
frigid
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Adjective
frost
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Noun, Verb
furious
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Adjective
glacial
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Adjective, Noun
grave
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
grim
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
hard
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
harrowing
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Adjective, Noun
heartfelt
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Adjective
heated
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Adjective
heavy
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
icy
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Adjective, Noun
indignation
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Noun
intense
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Adjective
internecine
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Adjective
kelly
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Name
lemon
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
long
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
mean
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Verb, Adjective, Noun
misery
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Noun
moore
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Name
murderer
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Noun
painstaking
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Noun, Adjective
plums
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Noun
poison
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Noun, Verb
precious
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb
relentless
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Adjective
restive
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Adjective
rigorous
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Adjective
rude
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Adjective
sad
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
saline
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Noun, Adjective
salt
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
serious
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Adjective, Adverb
severe
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Adjective, Noun
sheer
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
sore
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
stark
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Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb
stiff
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Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
strenuous
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Adjective
studying
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Noun
sworn
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Adjective
tense
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
terrible
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Adjective, Adverb
time
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Noun, Verb
tough
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
tragic
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Adjective, Noun
unfortunate
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Adjective, Noun
unwelcome
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Adjective, Verb
worst
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
gloss
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Noun, Verb
pidgin
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Noun
dicky
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Name, Adjective
butt
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Noun, Verb
blow
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
die
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Verb, Noun
sfa
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Name
grape
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Noun, Adjective, Verb