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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dirty, bad, low |
| Synonyms: | abject, avaricious, base, black, calculated, corrupt, covetous, debauched, degenerate, degraded, despicable, disreputable, dowdy, filthy, foul, grasping, grubby, ignoble, impure, low-down, mean, mercenary, miserable, miserly, nasty, poor, scurvy, seedy, self-seeking, selfish, servile, shabby, shameful, sleazy, slovenly, slum, slummy, small, small-minded, squalid, unclean, uncleanly, ungenerous, venal, vicious, vile, wretched |
| Antonyms: | good, honorable, reputable, wonderful |
| Main Entry: | cheap |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | low, vulgar |
| Synonyms: | abject, base, beggarly, contemptible, despicable, dirty, dishonest, mean, pitiable, scurvy, shabby, sordid, sorry, tawdry, vile |
| Notes: | cheap means relatively low in price or charging low prices, tastelessly showy, or of very poor quality while cheep is the short weak cry of a young bird, a chirp |
| Antonyms: | sophisticated, superior, upper |
| Main Entry: | contemptible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | despicable, shameful |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abject, abominable, bad, base, beggarly, cheap, crass, currish, degenerate, despisable, detestable, dirty, disgusting, hateful, heel, ignoble, ignominious, inferior, low, low-down, lowest, mean, odious, outcast, paltry, pitiable, pitiful, poor, sad, scummy, scurvy, shabby, sordid, sorry*, swinish, unworthy, vile, worthless, wretched |
| Antonyms: | admirable, admired, good, honorable, loved, respectable, worthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | despicable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hateful; beyond contempt |
| Synonyms: | abject, awful, base, beastly, cheap, contemptible, degrading, detestable, dirty, disgraceful, disreputable, down, ignominious, infamous, insignificant, loathsome, low, low-life, mean, no-good, pitiful, reprehensible, shameful, slimy*, sordid, vile, worthless, wretched |
| Antonyms: | desirous, honorable, likeable, loveable, respectable, virtuous, worthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dirty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obscene, pornographic |
| Synonyms: | base, blue, coarse, contemptible, despicable, filthy, immoral, impure, indecent, lewd, low, mean, nasty, off-color, ribald, risqué, salacious, scatological, scurvy, smutty, sordid, squalid, unchaste, unclean, uncleanly, vile, vulgar |
| Antonyms: | clean, moral, upright |
| Main Entry: | dirty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dishonest |
| Synonyms: | below the belt, cheating, corrupt, crooked, deceitful, double-dealing, foul, shabby, shady, shifty, sleazy, sneaky, sordid, underhanded, unethical, unscrupulous, untruthful |
| Antonyms: | clean, nice |
| Main Entry: | disreputable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dishonorable, lowly |
| Synonyms: | abject, bad, base, beggarly, cheap, contemptible, derogatory, despicable, discreditable, disgraceful, disorderly, dissolute, ignominious, in bad, in low esteem, in the doghouse, infamous, inglorious, lewd, libidinous, licentious, mean, no good, notorious, opprobrious, pitiable, scandalous, scurvy, shabby, shady, shameful, shocking, shoddy, sordid, sorry, unprincipled, vicious, vile |
| Antonyms: | decent, ethical, honorable, principled, reputable, respected |
| Main Entry: | gamy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ill-smelling; corrupt |
| Synonyms: | fetid, foul, malodorous, pungent, rancid, rank, reeking, seamy, sordid, strong-flavored, strong-smelling, strong-tasting, tainted |
| Main Entry: | grimy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dirty |
| Synonyms: | begrimed, besmirched, cruddy, dingy*, filthy, foul, grubby, grungy, messy, mucky, nasty, scuzzy, sleazy*, smeared, smutty, soiled, sooty, sordid, squalid, unclean |
| Antonyms: | clean, pure, sterile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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