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| Main Entry: | nasty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disgusting, offensive |
| Synonyms: | awful, beastly, bum*, dirty, disagreeable, fierce, filthy, foul, gross, grubby, hellish, horrible, icky*, impure, loathsome, lousy, malodorous, mephitic, murderous*, nauseating, noisome, noxious, objectionable, obnoxious, obscene, odious, ornery, outrageous, poison, raunchy*, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rough, sickening, soiled, squalid, stinking, tough, unappetizing, unclean, ungodly, unholy, unpleasant, vile, vulgar, yucky*, horrid, polluted, uncleanly |
| Antonyms: | great, magnificent, pleasing, wonderful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nasty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indecent, smutty |
| Synonyms: | X-rated*, blue*, coarse, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, immodest, immoral, improper, impure, indecorous, indelicate, lascivious, lewd, licentious, obscene, pornographic, raunchy*, ribald, scatological, shameful, unseemly, vulgar, wicked |
| Antonyms: | clean, decent, moral |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nasty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bad-tempered, mean |
| Synonyms: | abusive, annoying, beastly, critical, cruel, despicable, disagreeable, distasteful, evil, fierce, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, ornery, ruthless, sarcastic, sordid, spiteful, squalid, unkind, unpleasant, vicious, vile, wicked |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, friendly, happy, kind, pleasant |
| Main Entry: | nasty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | injurious, dangerous |
| Synonyms: | bad, critical, damaging, harmful, noxious, painful, poisonous, serious, severe, ugly |
| Antonyms: | assisting, helpful, helping, safe, aiding |
| Main Entry: | averse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | opposing |
| Synonyms: | afraid, allergic, antagonistic, antipathetic, contrary, disinclined, hesitant, hostile, indisposed, inimical, loath, nasty, perverse, reluctant, unfavorable, unfriendly, unwilling, disliking, having no use for, ill-disposed, uneager |
| Notes: | aversion is something that originates from within, whereas adversity is something that originates from without; adverse is usually applied to situations while averse is used to describe a person's attitude averse means reluctant or disinclined; adverse means hostile and antagonistic |
| Antonyms: | liking, loving, sympathetic, caring |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | creditable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | praiseworthy |
| Synonyms: | admirable, commendable, decent, deserving, estimable, excellent, exemplary, honest, honorable, laudable, meritorious, nasty*, organic, reputable, reputed, respectable, satisfactory, suitable, worthy, batting a thousand, believeable, not too shabby, palmary, salt of the earth, well-thought-of |
| Antonyms: | unworthy, disrespected |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dangerous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hazardous, troubling |
| Synonyms: | alarming, bad, breakneck*, chancy, critical, deadly, delicate, dynamite, exposed, fatal, formidable, hairy*, heavy*, hot*, impending, impregnable, insecure, loaded, malignant, menacing, mortal, nasty, perilous, portentous, precarious, pressing, queasy, risky, serious, serpentine, shaky, speculative, terrible, thorny*, threatening, ticklish*, touch-and-go, touchy, treacherous, ugly*, unhealthy, unsafe, unstable, urgent, viperous, vulnerable, wicked, dangersome, jeopardous, on collision course, parlous |
| Antonyms: | careful, guarded, safe, secure, untroubled, unhazardous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | diabolic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | evil, fiendish |
| Synonyms: | atrocious, cruel, damnable, demonic, devilish, hellish, impious, infernal, monstrous, nasty, nefarious, satanic, serpentine, shocking, unhallowed, unpleasant, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, Mephistophelian, demoniac |
| Antonyms: | gentle, kind, moral, nice |
| 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: | grimy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dirty |
| Synonyms: | dingy*, filthy, foul, grubby*, grungy*, messy, nasty, sleazy*, smutty*, soiled, sooty, sordid, squalid, unclean, begrimed, besmirched, cruddy, mucky, scuzzy, smeared |
| Antonyms: | clean, pure, sterile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grubby |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dirty, disheveled |
| Synonyms: | black, filthy, foul, frowzy*, grimy, grungy*, impure, messy, nasty, scruffy, seedy*, shabby, sloppy, slovenly, smutty*, soiled, sordid, squalid, unclean, unkempt, untidy, besmeared, mucky, scuzzy, uncleanly, unwashed |
| Antonyms: | clean, cleanly, neat, dressed-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grungy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dirty and unkempt |
| Synonyms: | dilapidated, disgusting, disheveled, filthy, flimsy, foul, greasy, grimy, grubby, messy, nasty, offensive, repellent, revolting, rundown, shoddy, slimy, sloppy, trashy, unclean, vile, wretched, cruddy, scummy, scuzzy, unwashed |
| 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: | hostile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | antagonistic, mean |
| Synonyms: | adverse, alien, allergic, argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, bitter, catty*, chill*, cold*, competitive, contentious, contrary, dour, hateful, inhospitable, inimical, malevolent, malicious, malignant, militant, nasty, opposed, opposite, ornery*, pugnacious, sour*, spiteful, surly, unfavorable, unfriendly, unkind, unpropitious, unsociable, unsympathetic, viperous, virulent, vitriolic, warlike, anti*, disapproving, ill-disposed, oppugnant, rancorous, scrappy, unwelcoming |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, friendly, gentle, kind, nice, welcoming |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hurtful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | injurious, cruel |
| Synonyms: | bad, cutting, damaging, dangerous, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, disadvantageous, distressing, evil, harmful, malicious, mean, mischievous, nasty, nocuous, noxious, ominous, pernicious, poisonous, prejudicial, spiteful, unkind, aching, afflictive, hurting, upsetting, wounding |
| Antonyms: | assisting, harmless, helpful, helping, kind, nice, aiding, relieving |
| 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: | ill-natured |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bad-tempered |
| Synonyms: | catty, churlish, crabby, cross, crotchety, dirty*, disagreeable, disobliging, dyspeptic, hot-tempered, irritable, malevolent, malicious, mean, nasty, ornery*, perverse, petulant, spiteful, sulky, sullen, surly, temperamental, touchy, unfriendly, unkind, unpleasant, crabbed, cussed, ill-humored, tempersome |
| Antonyms: | friendly, good-natured, nice, pleasant, good-tempered |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ill-tempered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irritable |
| Synonyms: | annoyed, bad-tempered, cantankerous, choleric, crabby, cross, crotchety, grouchy, grumpy, irascible, moody, nasty, quick-tempered, sharp, snappy, sour, spiteful, surly, testy, touchy, vicious, bearish |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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