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abominable - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: abominable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: awful, detestable
Synonyms: abhorrent, atrocious, awful, bad, base, beastly, contemptible, cursed, despicable, disgusting, foul, grim, gross*, hairy*, hateful, heinous, hellish, horrible, loathsome, lousy, nauseating, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repellent, reprehensible, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, sleazy*, stinking, terrible, vile, wretched, grody, horrid
Antonyms: alluring, appealing, delightful, desirable, enjoyable, lovable, pleasant, sweet, wonderful, likeable
Main Entry: awful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very bad; terrible
Synonyms: abominable, alarming, appalling, atrocious, deplorable, depressing, dire, disgusting, distressing, dreadful, fearful, frightful, ghastly, gross*, gruesome, grungy*, harrowing, hideous, horrible, nasty, offensive, raunchy, repulsive, shocking, stinking, synthetic, tough, ugly, unpleasant, unsightly, grody, horrendous, horrific, horrifying
Antonyms: beautiful, good, pleasing, ok
Main Entry: contemptible
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: despicable, shameful
Synonyms: abhorrent, abject, abominable, bad, base, beggarly, cheap, crass, degenerate, detestable, dirty, disgusting, hateful, heel, ignoble, ignominious, inferior, low, lowest, mean, odious, outcast, paltry, pitiful, poor, sad, shabby, sordid, sorry*, unworthy, vile, worthless, wretched, currish, despisable, low-down*, pitiable, scummy, scurvy, swinish
Notes: contemptible means deserving contempt, while contemptuous means bestowing contempt; the first sense of contemptuous was 'despising law and order'
Antonyms: admirable, good, honorable, loved, respectable, worthy, admired
Main Entry: damnable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: atrocious, horrible
Synonyms: abhorrent, abominable, accursed, blessed, culpable, cursed, darn, depraved, despicable, detestable, execrable, hateful, odious, offensive, outrageous, wicked, blamed, dang, dratted
Antonyms: admirable, blessed, exalted, favorable, favored, good, laudatory, praiseworthy, cherished, loveable
Main Entry: disgusting
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: sickening; repulsive
Synonyms: abominable, awful, beastly, cloying, creepy, detestable, distasteful, foul, frightful, ghastly, gross*, gruesome, hateful, hideous, icky*, loathsome, lousy, macabre, monstrous, nasty, nauseating, noisome, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive, outrageous, repellent, repugnant, revolting, rotten, scandalous, shameless, shocking, sleazy*, stinking, vile, vulgar, yucky*, grody, horrid, horrific, nerdy, satiating, scuzzy, sleazeball, surfeiting, yecchy
Antonyms: attractive, desirous, pleasant, pleasing
Main Entry: distasteful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: repulsive, unpleasant
Synonyms: abhorrent, abominable, bitter, detestable, disagreeable, flat, flavorless, galling, grievous, gross*, hateful, icky*, insipid, loathsome, nauseous, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive, painful, repellent, repugnant, tasteless, unappetizing, undesirable, uninviting, unpalatable, unsavory, yucky*, afflictive, dislikable, displeasing, grody, savorless, unlikable, yicky
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, grievous, grim, gross*, hideous, icky*, lousy, mean, monstrous, rotten, shameful, shocking, spooky, terrible, terrific, tragic, tremendous, wicked, godawful, grody, horrendous, horrific, shuddersome
Antonyms: pleasant, pleasing, welcomed, wonderful
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, loathsome, low, monstrous, nauseous, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repulsive, revolting, vile, wretched, horrific
Antonyms: nice, pleasant
Main Entry: grisly
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: horrifying
Synonyms: abominable, appalling, awful, bloody, disgusting, dreadful, eerie, frightful, ghastly, grim, gross*, gruesome, hideous, horrible, lurid, macabre, sanguine, shocking, sick, sickening, terrible, terrifying, yucky*, blood-stained, grody, horrid
Antonyms: nice, pleasing, pretty
Main Entry: gruesome
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: horrible, awful
Synonyms: abominable, appalling, fearful, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, gross*, hideous, loathsome, lurid, macabre, monstrous, morbid, offensive, repugnant, repulsive, shocking, sick*, spine-tingling*, terrible, terrifying, ugly, weird*, daunting, grody, horrendous, horrid, horrific, horrifying
Antonyms: beautiful, pleasant, pretty
Main Entry: hateful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: nasty, obnoxious
Synonyms: abhorrent, abominable, accursed, awful, bitter, catty*, confounded, cursed, damnable, damned, despicable, detestable, disgusting, evil, execrable, forbidding, foul, gross, heinous, infamous, invidious, loathsome, malevolent, malign, mean, odious, offensive, ornery*, pesky, pestiferous, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, spiteful, undesirable, vicious, vile, blasted, cussed, despiteful, horrid, resentful, shuddersome, uncool
Antonyms: friendly, kind, likable, lovable, nice, pleasant, polite
Main Entry: heinous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: horrifying, monstrous
Synonyms: abhorrent, abominable, accursed, atrocious, awful, bad, beastly, crying, cursed, evil, execrable, flagitious, flagrant, frightful, grave, gross*, hateful, hideous, infamous, iniquitous, nefarious, odious, offensive, outrageous, raunchy, revolting, scandalous, shocking, stinking*, unspeakable, vicious, villainous, godawful, horrendous
Antonyms: glorious, good, lovely, magnificent, wonderful
Main Entry: hellish
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: fiendish; unpleasant
Synonyms: abominable, accursed, atrocious, barbarous, cruel, damnable, damned, demonic, devilish, diabolical, horrible, infernal, monstrous, nefarious, satanic, terrible, vicious, wicked
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
Main Entry: invidious
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hateful
Synonyms: abominable, defamatory, detestable, discriminatory, envious, green-eyed*, jealous, libelous, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repugnant, scandalous, slanderous, slighting, undesirable, calumnious, detracting, detractive, detractory, envying, maligning, vilifying
Antonyms: delightful, lovable, likeable
Main Entry: loathsome
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hateful
Synonyms: abhorrent, abominable, beastly, creepy, deplorable, detestable, disgusting, execrable, gross, hideous, horrible, invidious, lousy, nasty, nauseating, obnoxious, odious, offensive, pesky, pestiferous, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, sleazy*, slimy*, vile, bitchy, uncool
Antonyms: liking, lovable, respectful
Main Entry: nefarious
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: bad, sinful
Synonyms: abominable, atrocious, base, corrupt, criminal, degenerate, depraved, detestable, dreadful, evil, execrable, flagitious, flagrant, foul, glaring, gross, heinous, horrible, infamous, infernal, iniquitous, miscreant, monstrous, odious, opprobrious, outrageous, perverse, putrid, rank, rotten, shameful, treacherous, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked
Antonyms: good, honorable, respectable, virtuous, worthy
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