roughest
adjective. stormy; not quiet
severe
adjective. difficult, harsh
- acute
- arduous
- ascetic
- austere
- bitter
- bleak
- consequential
- critical
- dangerous
- dear
- demanding
- despotic
- distressing
- domineering
- drastic
- effortful
- exacting
- extreme
- fierce
- forbidding
- grave
- grim
- grinding
- hard
- heavy
- hefty
- implacable
- inclement
- intemperate
- intense
- mordant
- oppressive
- overbearing
- pitiless
- punishing
- rigorous
- rugged
- serious
- sharp
- sore
- strenuous
- stringent
- taxing
- toilsome
- tough
- tyrannical
- unpleasant
- unrelenting
- violent
- weighty
- wicked
shivery
adjective. cold
- Siberian
- algid
- arctic
- below freezing
- below zero
- benumbed
- biting
- bitter
- blasting
- bleak
- boreal
- brisk
- brumal
- chill
- chilled
- chilly
- cool
- crisp
- cutting
- frigid
- frore
- frosty
- frozen
- gelid
- glacial
- have goose bumps
- hawkish
- hiemal
- hyperborean
- icebox
- iced
- icy
- inclement
- intense
- keen
- nipping
- nippy
- numbed
- numbing
- one-dog night
- penetrating
- piercing
- polar
- raw
- rimy
- severe
- sharp
- sleety
- snappy
- snowy
- stinging
- two-dog night
- wintry
turbulent
adjective. unsettled, raging (referring to weather)
wild
adjective. intense, stormy
wilder
adjective. intense, stormy
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