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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

Characterized by energy and frenzy

Disorderly and disruptive and not amenable to discipline or control

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

So colorful as to be in bad taste

Full of aggression or hostility

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

Acting or done quickly and without thought or care

Ill-mannered in nature

Used as an intensifier

Physics

Relating to crime

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

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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

red in tooth and claw

demoralised^UK

demoralized^US

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

full of ups and downs

wintry^US

paralyzing^US

paralysing^UK

grueling^US

gruelling^UK

raining cats and dogs

not backward in coming forward

wintery^UK

focused^US

labored^US

laboured^UK

focussed^UK

marvellous^UK

marvelous^US

easier said than done

like getting blood out of a stone

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

mesmerizing^US

carrying a lot of weight

fetid^US

mesmerising^UK

foetid^UK

lock stock and barrel

more than one can bear

more than flesh and blood can stand

more than flesh and blood can bear

most important

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

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Characterized by energy and frenzy

driven to distraction

not knowing what to do with oneself

at the end of your tether

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

untrammeled^US

tantalized^US

tantalised^UK

extremely enthusiastic

take-charge

can-do

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Disorderly and disruptive and not amenable to discipline or control

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

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So colorful as to be in bad taste

colorful^US

pizzazz^US

pzazz^UK

colourful^UK

multicolour^UK

multicolor^US

coloured^UK

colored^US

looking like an explosion in a paint factory

not up to snuff

lavish

like an explosion in a paint factory

brilliantly colored^US

brilliantly coloured^UK

jewelled^UK

jeweled^US

off-colour^UK

off-color^US

standing out like a sore thumb

standing out a mile

sticking out like a sore thumb

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Full of aggression or hostility

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

have chip on shoulder

ill-humored^US

having a chip on one's shoulder

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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

savoury^UK

savory^US

calling a spade a spade

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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

have bats in the belfry

severely mentally ill

severely mentally disordered

as mad as a March hare

non compos

not functioning properly

one sandwich short of a picnic

barro

postal

crook

having bats in the belfry

deprived of one's wits

having a screw loose

having kangaroos in the top paddock

dead from the neck up

thick as two short planks

beyond the bounds of possibility

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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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Acting or done quickly and without thought or care

jumping to conclusions

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Ill-mannered in nature

libellous^UK

libelous^US

not beating about the bush

not mincing one's words

straight from the shoulder

calling a spade a spade

not afraid to call a spade a spade

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Used as an intensifier

Adjective

Physics

Adjective

Relating to crime

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

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

at the end of your tether

with your back to the wall

pressurized^US

with one's back up against the wall

in a state

pressurised^UK

hot and bothered

hunted

at the end of one's rope

at wit's end

grief-stricken

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