Related Clues:

• Like arctic winds
• Tough to take
• Like an arctic winter
• Not lenient
• Acerb
• Not really real
• Unpleasantly coarse
• More than unpleasant
• Like a crow's call
• Like cold, snowy winters
• Unforgiving
• Scathing
• Jarring to the eye
• Like an Alaskan winter
• Extremely unkind