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abominable, detestable, execrable, odious

adj. unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke

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abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive

adj. offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels"

offensive

adj. unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors"

flagitious, heinous

adj. extremely wicked, deeply criminal; "a flagitious crime"; "heinous accusations"

abject, low, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy

adj. of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick"

low

adj. less than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "low prices"; "the reservoir is low"

foul, dirty, unpleasant, filthy, nasty, abominable, beastly, vile

adj. disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room"

disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky

adj. highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"

nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile

adj. causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"

inhuman

adj. belonging to or resembling something nonhuman; "something dark and inhuman in form"; "a babel of inhuman noises"

nefarious, villainous

adj. extremely wicked; "nefarious schemes"; "a villainous plot"; "a villainous band of thieves"

despised, detested, hated, scorned

adj. treated with contempt

objectionable, obnoxious

adj. causing disapproval or protest; "a vulgar and objectionable person"

hideous, horrid, horrific, outrageous

adj. grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"

disgraceful, scandalous, shameful, shocking

adj. giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation; "scandalous behavior"; "the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray; "the most shocking book of its time"

abusive, opprobrious, scurrilous

adj. expressing offensive reproach

atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly

adj. provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound"

hideous, repulsive

adj. so extremely ugly as to be terrifying; "a hideous scar"; "a repulsive mask"

contemptible

adj. deserving of contempt or scorn

insignificant, unimportant

adj. devoid of importance, meaning, or force

deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry

adj. bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"

condemnable, criminal, deplorable, reprehensible, vicious

adj. bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure; "a criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife"

infernal

adj. being of the underworld; "infernal regions"

damnable, execrable

adj. deserving a curse; "her damnable pride"

despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched

adj. morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"

nasty, awful

adj. offensive or even (of persons) malicious; "in a nasty mood"; "a nasty accident"; "a nasty shock"; "a nasty smell"; "a nasty trick to pull"; "Will he say nasty things at my funeral?"- Ezra Pound

cannibalic

adj. marked by barbarity suggestive of a cannibal; rapaciously savage

evil, vicious

adj. having the nature of vice

poisonous, venomous, vicious

adj. marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "poisonous hate"; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip"

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unlovable

adj. incapable of inspiring love or affection; "she was in some mysterious way...unlovable"-Joseph Conrad

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