| Main Entry: | icky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not pleasant |
Synonyms: |
disgusting, horrible, loathsome, nasty, noisome, offensive, repellent, revolting, sickening, vile |
Antonyms: |
good, nice, pleasing |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | bad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor quality |
Synonyms: |
abominable, amiss, atrocious, awful, bad news, beastly, blah*, bottom out, bummer, careless, cheap, cheesy*, crappy*, cruddy, crummy, defective, deficient, diddly, dissatisfactory, downer, dreadful, erroneous, fallacious, faulty, garbage, godawful, grody, gross*, grungy, icky, imperfect, inadequate, incorrect, inferior, junky, lousy*, not good, off, poor, raunchy*, rough, sad, slipshod, stinking, substandard, synthetic, the pits, unacceptable, unsatisfactory |
| Notes: | badly is an adverb to describe an activity; bad is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
Antonyms: |
good, honest, reputable, right, upright, virtuous, worthy |
| Main Entry: | dirty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | soiled, unclean |
Synonyms: |
bedraggled, begrimed, black, contaminated, cruddy, crummy, defiled, disarrayed, dishabille, disheveled, dreggy, dungy, dusty, filthy, foul, fouled, greasy, grimy, grubby, grungy, icky, lousy, messy, mucky, muddy, mung, murky, nasty, pigpen, polluted, raunchy, scummy, scuzzy, slatternly, slimy, sloppy, slovenly, smudged, smutty, sooty, spattered, spotted, squalid, stained, straggly, sullied, undusted, unhygienic, unkempt, unlaundered, unsanitary, unsightly, unswept, untidy, unwashed, yucky |
Antonyms: |
clean, pure, spotless, sterile |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | dreadful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrible, frightening |
Synonyms: |
abominable, alarming, appalling, atrocious, awful, bad, beastly, creepy*, dire, distressing, fearful, formidable, frightful, frozen, ghastly, godawful, grievous, grim, grody, gross*, hideous, horrendous, horrific, icky, lousy, mean, monstrous, rotten, shameful, shocking, shuddersome, spooky, terrible, terrific, tragic, tremendous, wicked |
Antonyms: |
pleasant, pleasing, welcomed, wonderful |
| Main Entry: | fetid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | foul, rancid |
Synonyms: |
corrupt, fusty, grody, gross*, icky, loathsome, lousy, malodorous, mephitic, noisome, noxious, offensive, putrid, rank, reeking, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, smelly, stenchy, stinking, stinky, strong, yecchy, yucky |
Antonyms: |
aromatic, clean, fragrant, pure, sweet |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | nasty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disgusting, offensive |
Synonyms: |
awful, beastly, bum*, dirty, disagreeable, fierce, filthy, foul, gross, grubby, hellish, horrible, horrid, icky, impure, loathsome, lousy, malodorous, mephitic, murderous, nauseating, noisome, noxious, objectionable, obnoxious, obscene, odious, ornery, outrageous, poison, polluted, raunchy*, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rough, sickening, soiled, squalid, stinking, tough, unappetizing, unclean, uncleanly, ungodly, unholy, unpleasant, vile, vulgar, yucky |
Antonyms: |
great, magnificent, pleasing, wonderful |