Rigourous

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no picnic not easy numbing obdurate obstinate onerous operose opposed opposing opposite oppressive orthodox outrageous painful particular penetrating piercing pinching pinpoint poignant precise precisianistic precisionistic procrustean proper punctilious punctual purist puristic puritan puritanic puritanical raw refined relentless religious religiously exact right rigid rigorist rigoristic rock-ribbed rockbound rough rugged scathing scientific scientifically exact scrupulous scrutinizing set with thorns severe sharp siberian sinister sleety slushy snappy spartan spiny splitting square stabbing steely steep stern stiff stinging stone cold stone-cold straightlaced strait straitlaced strenuous stressful strict strident strong stubborn subtle subzero supercooled tart thorny ticklish toilsome tough trenchant tricky troublesome troublous trying unaffected unalterable unbending unchangeable uncompromising unconscionable undeviating unerring unfavorable ungiving unmoved unrelenting untoward unyielding uphill vehement venomous violent virulent vitriolic wicked winterbound winterlike wintery wintry wretched

Adjective(9 words)

meticulous painstaking scrupulous stern stony stonyhearted strict thorough unsympathetic

Adjective(3 words)

strict stringent tight

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