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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | offensive, repulsive |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abominable, annoying, awful, beastly, big mouth, detestable, disagreeable, disgusting, dislikable, displeasing, foul, gross*, hateable, hateful, heel, horrid, insufferable, invidious, loathsome, mean, nasty, nauseating, objectionable, odious, off-color, ornery, pain in the neck, pesky, pestiferous, pill, repellent, reprehensible, repugnant, revolting, rotten, sickening, stinking, unpleasant |
| Notes: | noxious means injurious to physical or mental health; obnoxious means very offensive, objectionable, or unpleasant |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, delightful, kind, likeable, nice, pleasant, soft |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | detestable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | loathsome, abominable |
| Synonyms: | abhorred, abhorrent, accursed, atrocious, awful, despicable, disgusting, execrable, godawful, grody, gross*, hateable, hateful, heinous, horrid, lousy, low-down, maggot, monstrous, obnoxious, odious, offensive, outrageous, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, shocking, sorry, vile |
| Antonyms: | admirable, adorable, adored, cherished, likeable, loveable, prized, respectable, respected |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disagreeable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bad-tempered, irritable |
| Synonyms: | bellicose, brusque, cantankerous, churlish, contentious, contrary, cross, difficult, disobliging, disputatious, eristic, grouchy, ill-natured, nasty, obnoxious, offensive, out of sorts, peevish, pettish, petulant, querulous, rude, snappy, surly, ugly, unfriendly, ungracious, unlikable, unpleasant, uptight, waspish, whiny |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, friendly, happy, nice, pleasant |
| 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: | distasteful |
| 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: | execrable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrible, sickening |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abominable, accursed, atrocious, confounded, cursed, damnable, defective, deplorable, despicable, detestable, disgusting, foul, hateful, heinous, horrific, loathsome, low, monstrous, nauseous, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repulsive, revolting, vile, wretched |
| Antonyms: | nice, pleasant |
| Main Entry: | horrible/horrendous/horrid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | repulsive, very unpleasant |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abominable, appalling, awful, beastly, cruel, detestable, disagreeable, disgusting, dreadful, eerie, execrable, fearful, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, gross*, gruesome, heinous, hideous, loathsome, lousy, lurid, mean, nasty, obnoxious, offensive, repellent, revolting, scandalous, scary, shameful, shocking, terrible, terrifying, ungodly, unholy, unkind |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, delightful, magnificent, pleasant, pleasing, wonderful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | invidious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hateful |
| Synonyms: | abominable, calumnious, defamatory, detestable, detracting, detractive, detractory, discriminatory, envious, envying, green-eyed, jealous, libelous, maligning, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repugnant, scandalous, slanderous, slighting, undesirable, vilifying |
| Notes: | insidious (Latin insidere 'to lie in wait for,' from sedere 'sit') describes stealthy, treacherous behavior; invidious behavior arouses ill will, animosity, or hostility |
| Antonyms: | delightful, likeable, lovable |
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