S: (adj) acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic (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"
S: (adj) dour, forbidding, grim (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
S: (adj) embarrassing, mortifying (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"
S: (adj) harsh, rough (unpleasantly stern) "wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous"
S: (adj) harsh (unpleasantly rough or jarring 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"
S: (adj) hot (very unpleasant or even dangerous) "make it hot for him"; "in the hot seat"; "in hot water"
S: (adj) afflictive, painful, sore (causing misery or pain or distress) "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"
S: (adj) rebarbative, repellent, repellant (serving or tending to repel) "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent"
S: (adj) huffy, mad, sore (roused to anger) "stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain; "she gets mad when you wake her up so early"; "mad at his friend"; "sore over a remark"