adj. rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian"

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

adj. sharply exact or accurate or delimited; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment"

adj. free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision"

adj. exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"

adj. marked by precise accordance with details; "meticulous research"; "punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette"

adj. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"

adj. having or showing no mercy; "the merciless enemy"; "a merciless critic"; "gave him a merciless beating"

adj. not given to gentleness or sentimentality; "a tough character"

adj. without mercy or pity; "an act of ruthless ferocity"; "a monster of remorseless cruelty"

adj. without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction"

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

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

adj. requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill; "found the job very demanding"; "a baby can be so demanding"

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

adj. characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"

adj. impressively difficult; "a tall order"

adj. severely simple; "a stark interior"

adj. unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; "a parent severe to the pitch of hostility"- H.G.Wells; "a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien"; "a strict disciplinarian"; "a Spartan upbringing"

adj. lacking love and generosity; "all pious words and uncharitable deeds"- Charles Reade

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

adj. marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "poisonous hate"; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip"

adj. dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor)

adj. characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood"

adj. conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale"

adj. not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate"

adj. without interpretation or embellishment; "a literal depiction of the scene before him"

adj. "literal translation of the article"; "a verbatim report of the conversation"; "a verbal translation"

adj. perfectly accurate or exact: "hit the mathematical center of the target"; "mathematical precision"

adj. used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community"

adj. used of persons; emotionally hardened; "faced a case-hardened judge"

adj. "took a hard look"

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. resembling steel as in hardness; "steely eyes"; "steely nerves like those of a steeplejack"

adj. compassionate and kind; conciliatory; "he was soft on his children"