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| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abhorrent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disgusting |
| Synonyms: | despicable, detestable, execrable, loathsome, offensive, repulsive, revolting |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | base |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar, low |
| Synonyms: | abject, abominable, cheap, coarse, common, contemptible, corrupt, depraved, despicable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, foul, humble, ignoble, immoral, indelicate, loathsome, lowly, mean, menial, offensive, paltry, pitiful, plebeian, poor, scandalous, servile, shameful, shoddy, sleazy, sordid, sorry, squalid, trashy, ugly, unworthy, vile, worthless, wretched, grovelling |
| Antonyms: | good, honest, moral, noble |
| Main Entry: | damned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hateful, unwelcome |
| Synonyms: | accursed, bad, blessed*, bloody*, blooming*, confounded, cursed, damnable, darn*, darned*, despicable, detestable, done for*, doomed, execrable, infamous, infernal*, loathsome, lost, lousy, reprobate, revolting, unhappy, all-fired, anathematized, blankety-blank, blasted, condemned, cussed, dang, doggone*, dratted, gone to blazes, voodooed |
| Antonyms: | blessed, favored, nice, praiseworthy, welcome, cherished, likeable, loveable |
* = 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, mean, pitiful, reprehensible, shameful, slimy*, sordid, vile, worthless, wretched, low-life, no-good |
| Antonyms: | desirous, honorable, respectable, virtuous, worthy, likeable, loveable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | evil |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sinful, immoral |
| Synonyms: | angry, atrocious, bad, baneful, base, beastly, calamitous, corrupt, damnable, depraved, destructive, disastrous, execrable, flagitious, foul, harmful, hateful, heinous, hideous, iniquitous, injurious, loathsome, low, malevolent, malicious, malignant, nefarious, obscene, offensive, pernicious, poison, reprobate, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, spiteful, stinking, ugly, unpleasant, unpropitious, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, wrathful, wrong, maleficent, no good, rancorous |
| Antonyms: | auspicious, decent, good, honest, moral, sinless, upright, virtuous |
| 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: | fetid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | foul, rancid |
| Synonyms: | corrupt, gross*, icky*, loathsome, lousy, malodorous, mephitic, noisome, noxious, offensive, putrid, rank, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, smelly, stinking, strong, yucky*, fusty, grody, reeking, stenchy, stinky, yecchy |
| Antonyms: | aromatic, clean, fragrant, pure, sweet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ghastly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrifying, dreadful; pale |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, anemic, appalling, ashen, awful, bloodless, cadaverous, dim, disgusting, faint, frightening, frightful, funereal, ghostly, ghoulish, grim, grisly, gruesome, haggard, hideous, horrible, livid, loathsome, lurid, macabre, mortuary, nauseating, offensive, pallid, repellent, repulsive, sepulchral, shocking, sickening, spectral, supernatural, terrible, terrifying, uncanny, unearthly, unnatural, unpleasant, wan, weak, corpselike, deathlike, horrendous, horrid, wraithlike |
| Antonyms: | delightful, pleasant, pleasing, wonderful |
| 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 |
| Notes: | grueling means characterized by physical effort to the point of exhaustion; gruesome means shockingly repellent, inspiring horror |
| Antonyms: | beautiful, pleasant, pretty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hideous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | grotesque, horrible |
| Synonyms: | abominable, animal, appalling, awful, beast, bestial, detestable, disgusting, dreadful, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, gross*, gruesome, hateful, loathsome, macabre, monstrous, morbid, nasty, odious, offensive, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, shocking, sick, sickening, terrible, terrifying, ugly, unsightly, weird, horrendous, horrid, uncomely |
| Antonyms: | attractive, beautiful, charming, delightful, pleasing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | infamous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shameful, bad in reputation |
| Synonyms: | abominable, atrocious, base, caitiff, contemptible, corrupt, degenerate, despicable, detestable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, egregious, evil, flagitious, foul, hateful, heinous, ignominious, iniquitous, loathsome, miscreant, monstrous, nefarious, notorious, odious, offensive, opprobrious, outrageous, perverse, questionable, rotten, scandalous, shady, shocking, sorry, unhealthy, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, ill-famed, scurvy |
| Antonyms: | dignified, glorious, good, innocent, moral, perfect, pure, respectable, righteous, virtuous, principled |
| Main Entry: | nauseating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nauseous |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, detestable, disgusting, distasteful, fulsome, loathsome, offensive, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, sickening |
| Main Entry: | nauseous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disgusting |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, brackish, detestable, distasteful, ill, loathsome, nauseated, nauseating, offensive, queasy, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rocky*, sick, sickening, squeamish, seasick, sick as dog |
| Antonyms: | nice, pleasing, soothing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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