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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | repulsive, unpleasant |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abominable, afflictive, bitter, detestable, disagreeable, dislikable, displeasing, flat, flavorless, galling, grievous, grody, gross*, hateful, icky, insipid, loathsome, nauseous, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive, painful, repellent, repugnant, savorless, tasteless, unappetizing, undesirable, uninviting, unlikable, unpalatable, unsavory, yicky, yucky |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, delectable, delicious, palatable, pleasant, pleasing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disagreeable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disgusting, offensive |
| Synonyms: | annoying, awful, bad, bothersome, displeasing, distasteful, distressing, drag, nasty, objectionable, obnoxious, pain, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, rotten, sour, unhappy, uninviting, unpalatable, unpleasant, unsavory, upsetting, woeful |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, inoffensive, nice, pleasant, pleasing |
| Main Entry: | disgusting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sickening; repulsive |
| Synonyms: | abominable, awful, beastly, cloying, creepy, detestable, distasteful, foul, frightful, ghastly, grody, gross*, gruesome, hateful, hideous, horrid, horrific, icky, loathsome, lousy, macabre, monstrous, nasty, nauseating, nerdy, noisome, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive, outrageous, repellent, repugnant, revolting, rotten, satiating, scandalous, scuzzy, shameless, shocking, sleazeball, sleazy*, stinking, surfeiting, vile, vulgar, yecchy, yucky |
| Antonyms: | attractive, desirous, pleasant, pleasing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | galling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very upsetting |
| Synonyms: | acid, afflictive, aggravating, annoying, bitter, bothersome, distasteful, exasperating, grievous, harassing, humiliating, irksome, irritating, nettlesome, painful, plaguing, provoking, rankling, unpalatable, vexatious, vexing |
| Antonyms: | cheering, comforting, pleasing, satisfying, soothing, wonderful |
| Main Entry: | insipid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tasteless |
| Synonyms: | bland, distasteful, flat, flavorless, jejune, mild, savorless, stale, unappetizing, unpalatable, unsavory, vapid, watered-down, watery |
| Notes: | sipid - of pleasing taste, flavor, or character - is the opposite of insipid |
| Antonyms: | appetizing, delicious, tasty, yummy |
| Main Entry: | nasty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bad-tempered, mean |
| Synonyms: | abusive, annoying, beastly, critical, cruel, despicable, disagreeable, distasteful, evil, fierce, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, ornery, ruthless, sarcastic, sordid, spiteful, squalid, unkind, unpleasant, vicious, vile, wicked |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, friendly, happy, kind, pleasant |
| Main Entry: | nauseating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nauseous |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, detestable, disgusting, distasteful, fulsome, loathsome, offensive, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, sickening |
| Main Entry: | nauseous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disgusting |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, brackish, detestable, distasteful, ill, loathsome, nauseated, nauseating, offensive, queasy, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rocky, seasick, sick, sick as dog, sickening, squeamish |
| Notes: | nauseated means feeling about to vomit, while nauseous means causing or able to cause nausea |
| Antonyms: | nice, pleasing, soothing |
| Main Entry: | objectionable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not nice; unpleasant |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, censurable, deplorable, disagreeable, dislikable, displeasing, distasteful, exceptionable, ill-favored, inadmissible, indecorous, inexpedient, insufferable, intolerable, invidious, loathsome, lousy, murder, noxious, obnoxious, offensive, opprobrious, poison, regrettable, repellent, reprehensible, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, unacceptable, undesirable, unfit, unpalatable, unsatisfactory, unseemly, unsuitable, unwanted, unwelcome |
| Antonyms: | good, nice, pleasant, welcome |
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