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Synonyms
austere, dour, fierce, flinty, forbidding, grim, gruff, intimidating, lowering (also louring), rough, rugged, severe, stark, steely, stern
Antonyms
benign, benignant, gentle, mild, nonintimidating, tender
1509, in the meaning defined above
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