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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | revolting |
| Synonyms: | foul, hateful, loathsome, nauseating, offensive, repelling, repulsive, sickening |
| Notes: | repulsive describes a characteristic of a person or object; repellent describes an impression projected by a person or object - a person is repulsive, while a person's behavior is repellent |
| Antonyms: | delightful, lovely |
| 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: | 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: | forbidding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ominous, daunting |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, disagreeable, dour, foreboding, frightening, glowering, grim, hostile, menacing, odious, off-putting, offensive, repellent, repulsive, sinister, threatening, tough, ugly, unapproachable, unfriendly, unpleasant |
| Notes: | forbidding means harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance, while foreboding is a feeling of evil to come |
| Antonyms: | approachable, friendly, undaunting |
| Main Entry: | foul |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disgusting, dirty |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abominable, base, contaminated, despicable, detestable, disgraceful, dishonorable, egregious, fetid, filthy, gross*, hateful, heinous, horrid, icky, impure, infamous, iniquitous, loathsome, malodorous, mucky, nasty, nauseating, nefarious, noisome, notorious, offensive, pigpen, polluted, putrid, rank*, raunchy*, repellent, repulsive, revolting, rotten, scandalous, shameful, squalid, stinking, sullied, tainted, unclean, vicious, vile, wicked, yecchy, yucky |
| Antonyms: | clean, fragrant, pleasing, pure, wonderful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frightful/frightening |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | scary, shocking |
| Synonyms: | alarming, appalling, atrocious, awesome, awful, chilling, daunting, dire, direful, dismaying, disquieting, dread, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, formidable, ghastly, grabber, grim, grisly, gruesome, hair-raising, hairy, harrowing, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrifying, inconceivable, intimidating, lurid, macabre, menacing, morbid, ominous, petrifying, portentous, repellent, spooky, terrible, terrifying, traumatic, unnerving, unspeakable |
| Antonyms: | calming, comforting, pleasing |
| Main Entry: | frigid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unresponsive |
| Synonyms: | aloof, austere, chilly, cold, cold-hearted, cold-shoulder, cool, forbidding, formal, frosty, icy, impotent, indifferent, lifeless, passionless, passive, repellent, rigid, stiff, unapproachable, unbending, unfeeling, unloving |
| Antonyms: | amicable, amorous, lovable, loving, responsive, warm |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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