Awful and Brutal

Brutal Honesty: Rainbow Dash pretty much says Starlight was "...pretty awful" when she was a villain.

Source: Recap / My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic S6 E25 "To Where and Back Again Part 1"
Brutal Honesty: Paul can and will tell contestants their creations are completely and utterly awful.

Source: Series / The Great British Bake Off
Black Comedy Burst: At heart it's a brutal film about the perils of the drug trade, but there's an awful lot of Gallows Humour about too.

Source: Film / Layer Cake

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