adj. harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; "a dour, self-sacrificing life"; "a forbidding scowl"; "a grim man loving duty more than humanity"; "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie

adj. stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion"

adj. showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd"

adj. causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"

adj. not forbearing; ruthless; "an unsparing critic"

adj. suggesting the horror of death and decay; "morbid details"

adj. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"

adj. (of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain; "brutal instruments of torture"; "cruel weapons of war"

adj. ruthless in competition; "cutthroat competition"; "bowelless readiness to take advantage"

adj. disagreeable to the senses; "the harsh cry of a blue jay"; "harsh cognac"; "the harsh white light makes you screw up your eyes"; "harsh irritating smoke filled the hallway"

adj. gruesomely indicative of death or the dead; "a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"; "ghastly shrieks"; "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs"

adj. provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound"

adj. strong and sharp;"the pungent taste of radishes"; "the acrid smell of burning rubber"

adj. having strength or power greater than average or expected; "a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong man"

adj. not tractable; difficult to manage or mold; "an intractable disposition"; "intractable pain"; "the most intractable issue of our era"; "intractable metal"

adj. impervious to correction by punishment

adj. of persons; "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"

adj. resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"

adj. stubbornly defiant of authority or restraint: "an obstreperous almost mutinous crew"; "the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators"; "a truculent speech against the new government"

adj. habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition

adj. stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

adj. not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne"; "stubborn rust stains"

adj. disposed to or in a state of mutiny; "the men became mutinous and insubordinate"

adj. resisting control or authority; "temperamentally rebellious"; "a rebellious crew"

adj. not making concessions; "took an uncompromising stance in the peace talks"; "uncompromising honesty"

adj. not servile or submissive

adj. firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination; "stood resolute against the enemy"; "faced with a resolute opposition"; "a resolute and unshakeable faith"

adj. clearly evident to the mind; "his opposition to slavery was unmistakable"

adj. explained or answered; "mysteries solved and unsolved; problems resolved and unresolved"

adj. (of movement) slow and laborious; "leaden steps"

adj. not subject to change or variation especially in behavior; "a steady beat"; "a steady job"; "a steady breeze"; "a steady increase"; "a good steady ballplayer"

adj. marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty"

adj. unshaken in purpose; "wholly undismayed by the commercial failure of the three movies he had made"

adj. impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill; "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency"

adj. disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority

adj. disagreeing, especially with a majority

adj. unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom; "a reluctant smile"; "loath to admit a mistake"; "unwilling to face facts"

adj. causing or suggestive of sorrow or gloom; "a gloomy outlook"; "gloomy news"

adj. causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"

adj. grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood"

adj. reflecting gloom; "gloomy faces"

adj. characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth"

adj. excessively mournful

adj. relating to or caused by temperament; "temperamental indifference to neatness"; "temperamental peculiarities"

adj. showing pensive sadness; "the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty"

adj. causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"

adj. harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique"

adj. tasting or smelling like vinegar

adj. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly"

adj. concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities; "a serious student of history"; "a serious attempt to learn to ski"; "gave me a serious look"; "a serious young man"; "are you serious or joking?"; "Don't be so serious!"

adj. suggesting the horror of death and decay; "morbid details"

adj. grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood"

adj. persistently or morbidly thoughtful

adj. harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique"

adj. harsh; "sharp criticism"; "a sharp-worded exchange"; "a tart remark"

adj. disagreeable; "I will not perform the ungrateful task of comparing cases of failure"- Abraham Lincoln

adj. very unpleasant

adj. causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation; "the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles"; "it was mortifying to know he had heard every word"

adj. very unpleasant; "hellish weather"; "stop that god-awful racket"

adj. causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"

adj. serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent"

adj. causing discomfort; "the unhappy truth"

adj. without beauty or charm

adj. difficult to deal with

adj. stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate; "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator

adj. obstreperous

adj. obstinate and stupid

adj. unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack

adj. noisily and stubbornly defiant; "obstreperous boys"

adj. haughtily stubborn; "a stiff-necked old Boston Brahmin"

adj. having a determined will

adj. inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits; "a style described as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a litigious and acrimonious spirit"

adj. irritable as if suffering from indigestion

adj. very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues"

adj. having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers

adj. quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander"

adj. perversely irritable

adj. easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

adj. brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply"

adj. quick to take offense

adj. sullen or moody

adj. hating mankind in general

adj. hating women in particular

adj. (British informal) ill-tempered or annoyed

adj. continually complaining or faultfinding; "a shrewish wife"; "nagging parents"

adj. inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind"

adj. affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings; "a pleasant person to be around"; "we had a pleasant evening together"; "a pleasant scene"; "pleasant sensations"

adj. disposed to please; "an amiable villain with a cocky sidelong grin"- Hal Hinson