Rigorous and unsparing in treating others

• unyielding

  1. Not giving way to pressure; hard or inflexible:
  2. Incapable of being changed; unalterable:
  3. Not willing to change or be persuaded; resolute:

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  1. Not giving way to pressure; hard or inflexible:
  2. Incapable of being changed; unalterable:
  3. Not willing to change or be persuaded; resolute:

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• tough

  1. Able to withstand great strain without tearing or breaking; strong and resilient:
  2. Hard to cut or chew:
  3. Physically hardy; rugged:

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  1. Able to withstand great strain without tearing or breaking; strong and resilient:
  2. Hard to cut or chew:
  3. Physically hardy; rugged:

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• strict

  1. Rigorous in the imposition of discipline:
  2. Conforming completely to established rule, principle, or condition:
  3. Requiring close observance or demanding in expectations:

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  1. Rigorous in the imposition of discipline:
  2. Conforming completely to established rule, principle, or condition:
  3. Requiring close observance or demanding in expectations:

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• stern

  1. Hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character:
  2. Showing or expressing displeasure or disapproval; forbidding or harsh:
  3. Firm or unyielding; uncompromising:

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  1. Hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character:
  2. Showing or expressing displeasure or disapproval; forbidding or harsh:
  3. Firm or unyielding; uncompromising:

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• severe

  1. Unsparing, harsh, or strict, as in treatment of others:
  2. Marked by or requiring strict adherence to rigorous standards or high principles:
  3. Stern or forbidding, as in manner or appearance:

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  1. Unsparing, harsh, or strict, as in treatment of others:
  2. Marked by or requiring strict adherence to rigorous standards or high principles:
  3. Stern or forbidding, as in manner or appearance:

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• rigid

  1. Not flexible or pliant; stiff:
  2. Not moving or flexing:
  3. Not changing or adjusting to different conditions or problems:

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  1. Not flexible or pliant; stiff:
  2. Not moving or flexing:
  3. Not changing or adjusting to different conditions or problems:

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• harsh

  1. Disagreeable to the sense of hearing:
  2. Disagreeable to the sense of sight:
  3. Unpleasantly coarse and rough to the touch:

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  1. Disagreeable to the sense of hearing:
  2. Disagreeable to the sense of sight:
  3. Unpleasantly coarse and rough to the touch:

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• hard

  1. Resistant to pressure; not readily penetrated; firm or solid:
  2. Well protected from an attack, as by aerial bombardment:
  3. Requiring great effort or endurance:

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  1. Resistant to pressure; not readily penetrated; firm or solid:
  2. Well protected from an attack, as by aerial bombardment:
  3. Requiring great effort or endurance:

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• demanding

  1. Requiring much effort or attention:
  2. Requiring others to work hard or meet high expectations:

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  1. Requiring much effort or attention:
  2. Requiring others to work hard or meet high expectations:

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Very difficult to please

• picky

  1. Excessively meticulous; fussy.

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  1. Excessively meticulous; fussy.

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• squeamish

  1. Easily nauseated or sickened.
  2. Nauseated.
  3. Easily shocked or disgusted.

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  1. Easily nauseated or sickened.
  2. Nauseated.
  3. Easily shocked or disgusted.

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• persnickety

  1. Overparticular about trivial details; fastidious.
  2. Snobbish; pretentious.
  3. Requiring strict attention to detail; demanding:

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  1. Overparticular about trivial details; fastidious.
  2. Snobbish; pretentious.
  3. Requiring strict attention to detail; demanding:

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• particular

  1. Of, belonging to, or associated with a specific person, group, thing, or category; not general or universal:
  2. Distinctive among others of the same group, category, or nature; noteworthy or exceptional:
  3. Of, relating to, or providing details; precise:

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  1. Of, belonging to, or associated with a specific person, group, thing, or category; not general or universal:
  2. Distinctive among others of the same group, category, or nature; noteworthy or exceptional:
  3. Of, relating to, or providing details; precise:

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• nice

  1. Pleasing and agreeable in nature:
  2. Having a pleasant or attractive appearance:
  3. Exhibiting courtesy and politeness:

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  1. Pleasing and agreeable in nature:
  2. Having a pleasant or attractive appearance:
  3. Exhibiting courtesy and politeness:

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• meticulous

  1. Showing or acting with extreme care and concern for details.
  2. Excessively careful and precise.

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  1. Showing or acting with extreme care and concern for details.
  2. Excessively careful and precise.

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• fussy

  1. Easily upset; given to bouts of ill temper:
  2. Paying great or excessive attention to personal tastes and appearance; fastidious:
  3. Calling for or requiring great attention to sometimes trivial details:

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  1. Easily upset; given to bouts of ill temper:
  2. Paying great or excessive attention to personal tastes and appearance; fastidious:
  3. Calling for or requiring great attention to sometimes trivial details:

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• finicky

  1. Insisting capriciously on getting just what one wants; difficult to please; fastidious:

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  1. Insisting capriciously on getting just what one wants; difficult to please; fastidious:

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• finical

  1. Finicky.

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  1. Finicky.

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• fastidious

  1. Showing or acting with careful attention to detail:
  2. Difficult to please; exacting:
  3. Excessively scrupulous or sensitive, as in taste, propriety, or neatness:

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  1. Showing or acting with careful attention to detail:
  2. Difficult to please; exacting:
  3. Excessively scrupulous or sensitive, as in taste, propriety, or neatness:

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• dainty

  1. Delicately beautiful or charming and usually small:
  2. Delicious; tasty:
  3. Fastidious or finicky:

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  1. Delicately beautiful or charming and usually small:
  2. Delicious; tasty:
  3. Fastidious or finicky:

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• choosy

  1. Very careful in choosing; highly selective.

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  1. Very careful in choosing; highly selective.

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Requiring great or extreme bodily, mental, or spiritual strength

• weighty

  1. Having considerable weight; heavy.
  2. Burdensome; oppressive:
  3. Of great consequence; serious or momentous:

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  1. Having considerable weight; heavy.
  2. Burdensome; oppressive:
  3. Of great consequence; serious or momentous:

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• trying

  1. Causing strain, hardship, or distress.

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  1. Causing strain, hardship, or distress.

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• tough

  1. Able to withstand great strain without tearing or breaking; strong and resilient:
  2. Hard to cut or chew:
  3. Physically hardy; rugged:

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  1. Able to withstand great strain without tearing or breaking; strong and resilient:
  2. Hard to cut or chew:
  3. Physically hardy; rugged:

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• taxing

  1. Burdensome; wearing:

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  1. Burdensome; wearing:

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• severe

  1. Unsparing, harsh, or strict, as in treatment of others:
  2. Marked by or requiring strict adherence to rigorous standards or high principles:
  3. Stern or forbidding, as in manner or appearance:

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  1. Unsparing, harsh, or strict, as in treatment of others:
  2. Marked by or requiring strict adherence to rigorous standards or high principles:
  3. Stern or forbidding, as in manner or appearance:

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• rough

  1. Having a surface marked by irregularities, protuberances, or ridges; not smooth:
  2. Coarse or shaggy to the touch:
  3. Difficult to travel over or through:

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  1. Having a surface marked by irregularities, protuberances, or ridges; not smooth:
  2. Coarse or shaggy to the touch:
  3. Difficult to travel over or through:

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• rigorous

  1. Characterized by or adhering to strict standards or methods; exacting and thorough:
  2. Harsh, severe, or demanding:
  3. Very unpleasant or inclement:

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  1. Characterized by or adhering to strict standards or methods; exacting and thorough:
  2. Harsh, severe, or demanding:
  3. Very unpleasant or inclement:

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• oppressive

  1. Exercising power arbitrarily and often unjustly; tyrannical.
  2. Difficult to cope with; causing hardship or depressed spirits:
  3. Hot and humid; sweltering:

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  1. Exercising power arbitrarily and often unjustly; tyrannical.
  2. Difficult to cope with; causing hardship or depressed spirits:
  3. Hot and humid; sweltering:

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• onerous

  1. Troublesome or oppressive; burdensome.
  2. Entailing more liabilities than benefits or imposing significant obligations.

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  1. Troublesome or oppressive; burdensome.
  2. Entailing more liabilities than benefits or imposing significant obligations.

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• laborious

  1. Marked by or requiring long, hard work:
  2. Hard-working; industrious.

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  1. Marked by or requiring long, hard work:
  2. Hard-working; industrious.

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• heavy

  1. Having relatively great weight:
  2. Having relatively high density; having a high specific gravity.
  3. Large, as in number or quantity:

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  1. Having relatively great weight:
  2. Having relatively high density; having a high specific gravity.
  3. Large, as in number or quantity:

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• hard

  1. Resistant to pressure; not readily penetrated; firm or solid:
  2. Well protected from an attack, as by aerial bombardment:
  3. Requiring great effort or endurance:

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  1. Resistant to pressure; not readily penetrated; firm or solid:
  2. Well protected from an attack, as by aerial bombardment:
  3. Requiring great effort or endurance:

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• formidable

  1. Arousing fear, dread, or alarm:
  2. Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder:
  3. Difficult to undertake, surmount, or defeat:

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  1. Arousing fear, dread, or alarm:
  2. Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder:
  3. Difficult to undertake, surmount, or defeat:

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• exigent

  1. Requiring immediate action; pressing:
  2. Having or making urgent demands; demanding:

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  1. Requiring immediate action; pressing:
  2. Having or making urgent demands; demanding:

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• effortful

  1. Requiring or showing effort.

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  1. Requiring or showing effort.

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• difficult

  1. Requiring considerable effort or skill; not easy to do or accomplish:
  2. Not easy to endure; full of hardship or trouble; trying:
  3. Not easy to comprehend, solve, or explain:

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  1. Requiring considerable effort or skill; not easy to do or accomplish:
  2. Not easy to endure; full of hardship or trouble; trying:
  3. Not easy to comprehend, solve, or explain:

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• demanding

  1. Requiring much effort or attention:
  2. Requiring others to work hard or meet high expectations:

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  1. Requiring much effort or attention:
  2. Requiring others to work hard or meet high expectations:

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• burdensome

  1. Weighing much or hard to carry; heavy.
  2. Causing hardship or distress.

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  1. Weighing much or hard to carry; heavy.
  2. Causing hardship or distress.

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• backbreaking

  1. Demanding great exertion; arduous and exhausting.

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  1. Demanding great exertion; arduous and exhausting.

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• arduous

  1. Demanding great effort or labor; difficult:
  2. Testing severely the powers of endurance; strenuous:
  3. Hard to traverse, climb, or surmount.

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  1. Demanding great effort or labor; difficult:
  2. Testing severely the powers of endurance; strenuous:
  3. Hard to traverse, climb, or surmount.

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