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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | large, fat |
| Synonyms: | adipose, big, bulky, chubby, corpulent, dense, fleshy, great, heavy, hulking, husky, lumpish, massive, obese, overweight, porcine, portly, stout, thick, unwieldy, weighty |
| Antonyms: | skinny, slender, thin |
| Main Entry: | gross |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crude, vulgar |
| Synonyms: | barnyard, boorish, breezy, callous, carnal, cheap, coarse, corporeal, crass, dull, fleshly, foul, ignorant, improper, impure, in the gutter, indecent, indelicate, inelegant, insensitive, lewd, loudmouthed, low, low-minded, lustful, obscene, offensive, rank, raunchy, raw, ribald, rough, rude, scatological, sensual, sexual, sleazy*, smutty, swinish, tasteless, ugly, uncouth, uncultured, undiscriminating, unfeeling, unrefined, unseemly, unsophisticated, voluptuous |
| Antonyms: | clean, moral, polite |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gross |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obvious, apparent |
| Synonyms: | absolute, arrant, blatant, capital, complete, downright, egregious, excessive, exorbitant, extreme, flagrant, glaring, grievous, heinous, immoderate, inordinate, manifest, out-and-out, outrageous, outright, perfect, plain, rank, serious, shameful, sheer, shocking, unmitigated, unqualified, utter |
| Antonyms: | hidden, modified, obscured, vague |
| Main Entry: | abnormal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | different from standard or norm |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, anomalistic, anomalous, atypical, bizarre, curious, deviant, deviate, deviating, divergent, eccentric, exceptional, extraordinary, fantastic, funny, grody, gross, heteroclite, heterodox, heteromorphic, irregular, odd, off-base, off-color, out of line, peculiar, preternatural, queer, screwy, spastic, strange, uncommon, unexpected, unnatural, unorthodox, unusual, weird |
| Notes: | abnormal means 'not normal, different from normal' while subnormal means 'below normal' |
| Antonyms: | customary, normal, standard, straight, usual |
| Main Entry: | abominable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | awful, detestable |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, atrocious, awful, bad, base, beastly, contemptible, cursed, despicable, disgusting, foul, grim, grody, gross*, hairy*, hateful, heinous, hellish, horrible, horrid, loathsome, lousy, nauseating, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repellent, reprehensible, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, sleazy*, stinking, terrible, vile, wretched |
| Antonyms: | alluring, appealing, delightful, desirable, enjoyable, likeable, lovable, pleasant, sweet, wonderful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | all |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | whole quantity |
| Synonyms: | complete, entire, full, greatest, gross, outright, perfect, total, utter |
| Antonyms: | none, zero |
| Main Entry: | appalling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrifying |
| Synonyms: | alarming, astounding, awful, bad, daunting, dire, disheartening, dismaying, dreadful, fearful, formidable, frightening, frightful, ghastly, grim, grody, gross*, harrowing, heavy*, hideous, horrible, horrid, horrific, intimidating, mean, petrifying, scaring, shocking, terrible, terrifying, the end, unnerving |
| Antonyms: | comforting, encouraging, reassuring, satisfying |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | atrocious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | outrageous; widely condemned |
| Synonyms: | awful, bad, barbaric, beastly, desperate, diabolical, fiendish, flagrant, godawful, grody, gross*, hairy*, heinous, lousy, monstrous, nefarious, rotten, scandalous, shocking, villainous, wicked |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | atrocious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | offensive |
| Synonyms: | appalling, awful, bad, beastly, detestable, disgusting, dreadful, execrable, foul, godawful, grody, gross*, horrible, horrid, horrifying, icky, loathsome, noisome, obscene, repulsive, rotten, sickening, terrible |
| Antonyms: | inoffensive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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