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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bothersome |
| Synonyms: | annoying, disturbing, irksome, mean, nettlesome, peeving, provoking, troublesome, ugly, vexatious, vexing, wicked |
| Antonyms: | pleasing, untroubling |
| Main Entry: | loathsome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hateful |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abominable, beastly, bitchy, creepy, deplorable, detestable, disgusting, execrable, gross, hideous, horrible, invidious, lousy, nasty, nauseating, obnoxious, odious, offensive, pesky, pestiferous, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, sleazy*, slimy*, uncool, vile |
| Antonyms: | liking, lovable, respectful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mean |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hostile, rude |
| Synonyms: | bad-tempered, callous, cantankerous, churlish, contemptible, dangerous, despicable, difficult, dirty*, disagreeable, dishonorable, down*, evil, formidable, hard, hard-nosed, ignoble, ill-tempered, infamous, knavish, liverish, lousy*, low-down and dirty, malicious, malign, nasty, perfidious, pesky, rotten, rough, rugged, scurrilous, shameless, sinking, snide, sour, the lowest, touch, treacherous, troublesome, ugly, unfriendly, unpleasant, unscrupulous, vexatious, vicious, vile |
| Notes: | the median is the halfway point, dividing a series of numbers in half - while a mean is the average of the sum of the series |
| Antonyms: | compassionate, kind, nice, noble, polite, sympathetic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obnoxious |
| 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: | troublesome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bothersome, worrisome |
| Synonyms: | alarming, annoying, arduous, burdensome, damaging, dangerous, demanding, difficult, disquieting, harassing, hard, heavy, importunate, inconvenient, infestive, intractable, irksome, irritating, laborious, mean, messy, murder, oppressive, painful, pesky, pestiferous, pestilential, problematic, refractory, repressive, rough, taxing, tiresome, tough, tricky, troublous, trying, ugly, ungovernable, unruly, uphill, upsetting, vexatious, vexing, wearisome, wicked, worrying |
| Antonyms: | easy, helpful, nice, useful |
| Main Entry: | ugly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unpleasant, disagreeable |
| Synonyms: | base, despicable, dirty, disgusting, distasteful, filthy, foul, frightful, hideous, horrid, ignoble, low, low-down, mean, messy, monstrous, nasty, nauseous, noisome, objectionable, odious, offensive, pesky, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, scandalous, servile, shocking, sickening, sordid, sorry, terrible, troublesome, troublous, vexatious, vile, wicked, wretched |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, good, kind, nice, pleasant, pleasing |
| Main Entry: | vexatious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distressing, bothersome |
| Synonyms: | afflicting, aggravating, annoying, burdensome, disagreeable, disappointing, disturbing, exasperating, irksome, irritating, mean, nagging, pesky, provoking, teasing, tormenting, troublesome, troublous, trying, ugly, unpleasant, upsetting, wicked, worrisome, worrying |
| Antonyms: | aiding, assisting, helpful, pleasing, soothing |
| Main Entry: | wicked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | destructive, troublesome |
| Synonyms: | acute, agonizing, awful, barbarous, bothersome, chancy, crashing, dangerous, difficult, distressing, dreadful, fearful, fierce, galling, harmful, hazardous, injurious, intense, mean, mighty, offensive, outrageous, painful, perilous, pesky, risky, severe, terrible, treacherous, troublous, trying, ugly, uncivilized, unconscionable, ungodly, unhealthy, unholy, unpleasant, unsound, vexatious |
| Antonyms: | aiding, assisting, helpful, useful, worthwhile |
| Main Entry: | plaguy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vexatious |
| Synonyms: | afflicting, aggravating, annoying, bothersome, burdensome, disagreeable, disappointing, disturbing, exasperating, galling, irksome, irritating, mean, nagging, nettlesome, pesky, provoking, teasing, tormenting, troublesome, troublous, trying, ugly*, unpleasant, upsetting, wicked, worrisome, worrying |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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