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Involving physical conflict, or having a propensity to use physical force

Using or involving physical force with the intention of causing injury or destruction

Significant or extreme in degree or intensity

Affected by or deriving from wildly uncontrolled emotion

Marked by a likelihood to threaten the safety of a person or persons

Disorderly and disruptive and not amenable to discipline or control

Violently disturbed or agitated

Engaged in hostile or armed resistance or aggression

Defiantly aggressive, hostile or antagonistic

So colorful as to be in bad taste

Susceptible to anger or prone to getting on the defensive

Harshly sarcastic or satirical in nature

Inclined to behave in a reckless or outrageous manner

Having an unstable state of mind

Deeply angered but not outwardly displaying it

Ill-mannered in nature

Occurring suddenly, abruptly or quickly

Used as an intensifier

Flowing heavily or in large quantities

Physics

Relating to crime

To be continuously haunted or possessed by something, especially negative emotions, ideas or desires

Resulting from or acting from a compulsion

High in tension or levels of conflict

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Involving physical conflict, or having a propensity to use physical force

terrorising^UK

terrorizing^US

knock-down-and-drag-out

uncivilised^UK

uncivilized^US

demoralised^UK

demoralized^US

red in tooth and claw

environmentally unfriendly

at each other's throats

unfavorable^US

with a heart of stone

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“The constant banter between the two loudmouths would eventually lead to a violent confrontation.”

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Using or involving physical force with the intention of causing injury or destruction

“She knocked the door down with one violent blow.”

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Significant or extreme in degree or intensity

agonising^UK

agonizing^US

knock-down-and-drag-out

paralyzing^US

paralysing^UK

sombre^UK

somber^US

wintry^US

grueling^US

gruelling^UK

raining cats and dogs

wintery^UK

not backward in coming forward

more than one can bear

more than flesh and blood can stand

more than flesh and blood can bear

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“Rightly or wrongly, many car salespeople are despised on principle, and with a violent passion.”

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Affected by or deriving from wildly uncontrolled emotion

driven to distraction

knock-down-and-drag-out

full of ups and downs

not knowing what to do with oneself

at the end of your tether

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Marked by a likelihood to threaten the safety of a person or persons

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Disorderly and disruptive and not amenable to discipline or control

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Violently disturbed or agitated

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Engaged in hostile or armed resistance or aggression

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Defiantly aggressive, hostile or antagonistic

terrorising^UK

terrorizing^US

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

have chip on shoulder

having a chip on one's shoulder

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So colorful as to be in bad taste

colorful^US

pizzazz^US

pzazz^UK

colourful^UK

multicolour^UK

multicolor^US

like an explosion in a paint factory

low-rent

arty-farty

two-bit

looking like an explosion in a paint factory

brilliantly colored^US

multihued

brilliantly coloured^UK

coloured^UK

colored^US

standing out like a sore thumb

standing out a mile

sticking out like a sore thumb

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Susceptible to anger or prone to getting on the defensive

quick to take offense

quick to take offence

having got out of bed on the wrong side

like a bear with a sore head

ill-humored^US

cavilling^UK

raspy

tart

as cross as two sticks

caviling^US

having got out of bed the wrong side

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Harshly sarcastic or satirical in nature

rubbing the wrong way

savoury^UK

savory^US

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Inclined to behave in a reckless or outrageous manner

jumping to conclusions

careless of one's duty

leaving self wide open

leading with one's chin

off guard

pay no mind

fast-and-loose

sticking one's neck out

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Having an unstable state of mind

flaky^UK

flakey^US

not in your right mind

not quite right in the head

not right in the head

not right upstairs

not the full shilling

off the chain

out there

raving mad

one card shy of a full deck

a few cards shy of a full deck

a few sandwiches short of a picnic

away with the fairies

have kangaroos in the top paddock

with a screw loose

have bats in the belfry

severely mentally ill

severely mentally disordered

traumatized^US

traumatised^UK

as mad as a March hare

not functioning properly

out of order

one sandwich short of a picnic

messed up

deprived of one's wits

having a screw loose

having kangaroos in the top paddock

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Deeply angered but not outwardly displaying it

as cross as two sticks

ill-humored^US

with all guns blazing

antagonized^US

scandalized^US

scandalised^UK

antagonised^UK

beside yourself with rage

sombre^UK

somber^US

burning with excitement

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Ill-mannered in nature

libellous^UK

libelous^US

unfavorable^US

dishonoring^US

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

politically incorrect

libeling^US

libelling^UK

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Occurring suddenly, abruptly or quickly

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Used as an intensifier

Adjective

Flowing heavily or in large quantities

Adjective

Physics

Adjective

Relating to crime

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

uncivilised^UK

uncivilized^US

without law and order

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

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To be continuously haunted or possessed by something, especially negative emotions, ideas or desires

bedeviled^US

bedevilled^UK

Adjective

Resulting from or acting from a compulsion

galvanized^US

full of determination

galvanised^UK

intensely competitive

stop at nothing

high-pressure

having killer instinct

meaning what one says

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High in tension or levels of conflict

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