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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

repellent, repellant, rebarbative

adj. serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent"

abominable, execrable, detestable, odious

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

disagreeable, ill-natured

adj. not to your liking; "a most disagreeable journey"; "a disagreeable old man"; "in a disagreeable mood"

fractious, cranky, irritable, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, testy, tetchy, techy

adj. easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

cross, fussy, crabbed, crabby, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered

adj. perversely irritable

brute, beastly, bestial, brutish, cannibalic

adj. resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners"

unappetizing, distasteful, unsavory, unsavoury

adj. not pleasing in odor or taste

atrocious, monstrous, flagitious, heinous

adj. shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime"; "a grievous offense against morality"; "a grievous crime"; "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit"

indecent, indecorous, untoward, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly

adj. not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to a lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb their untoward ribaldry"

undignified

adj. lacking dignity

unacceptable, unsuitable

adj. not meant or adapted for a particular purpose; "a solvent unsuitable for use on wood surfaces"

wrong, unsuitable, improper

adj. not appropriate for a purpose or occasion; "unsuitable attire for the office"; "said all the wrong things"

disgraceful, scandalous, 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"

appalling, dismaying

adj. causing consternation; "appalling conditions"

criminal, shameful, condemnable, reprehensible

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"

ugly, atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible

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"

lewd, indecent, obscene, salacious

adj. suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks"

foul, rank, vulgar, nasty, smutty

adj. characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes"

flip, insolent, impudent, snotty-nosed

adj. marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior"

insulting, scornful, disdainful, contemptuous

adj. expressing extreme contempt

discourteous

adj. showing no courtesy; rude; "a distant and at times discourteous young"

impolite

adj. not polite

rude, uncivil

adj. lacking civility or good manners; "want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue"- Willa Cather

ugly

adj. displeasing to the senses; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture"

unpleasant

adj. disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"

uninviting

adj. neither attractive nor tempting

repulsive, obscene, detestable, abhorrent, repugnant

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"

off-putting, unappealing

adj. tending to repel; "The trappings of upper-class life are off-putting and sterile"- Elizabeth Hess

unsightly

adj. unpleasant to look at; "unsightly billboards"

disagreeable, ungrateful

adj. disagreeable; "I will not perform the ungrateful task of comparing cases of failure"- Abraham Lincoln

repellent, repellant, distasteful, disgusting, disgustful, loathly, loathsome, revolting, yucky, rebarbative

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"

repellent, repellant, rebarbative

adj. serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent"

unattractive

adj. lacking beauty or charm; "as unattractive as most mining regions"

blue, gamy, gamey, naughty, juicy, spicy, racy, risque

adj. suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip"

immodest

adj. offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance

foul, rank, vulgar, nasty, smutty

adj. characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes"

sick, ill

adj. affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"

Synonyms (30)

evil, wicked

adj. morally bad or wrong; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds"

hateful

adj. evoking or deserving hatred; "no vice is universally as hateful as ingratitude"- Joseph Priestly

unpalatable

adj. not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind; "an unpalatable meal"; "unpalatable truths"; "unpalatable behavior"

unpleasant

adj. disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"

disrespectful

adj. exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous; "remarks disrespectful of the law"; "disrespectful in the presence of his parents"; "disrespectful toward his teacher"

harmful

adj. causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"

aggressive

adj. having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends; "an aggressive businessman"; "an aggressive basketball player"; "he was aggressive and imperious; positive in his convictions"; "aggressive drivers"

hostile

adj. characterized by enmity or ill will; "a hostile nation"; "a hostile remark"; "hostile actions"

inartistic, unartistic

adj. lacking aesthetic sensibility;

tasteless

adj. (inaesthetic)

annoying, vexing, exasperating, infuriating, maddening

adj. extremely annoying or displeasing; "his cavelier curtness of manner was exasperating"; "I've had an exasperating day"; "her infuriating indifference"; "the ceaseless tumult of the jukebox was maddening"

troubling, worrisome, untoward, disturbing, upsetting

adj. causing an emotional disturbance; "his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly"- Herb Caen; "an upsetting experience"

unhealthful, unhealthy, insalubrious

adj. detrimental to health

insubstantial, jejune

adj. lacking in nutritive value; "the jejune diets of the very poor"

morbid

adj. suggesting an unhealthy mental state; "morbid interest in death"; "morbid curiosity"

noisome, noxious

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

Antonyms (17)

inoffensive

adj. giving no offense; "a quiet inoffensive man"; "a refreshing inoffensive stimulant"

pleasant

adj. affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings; "a pleasant person to be around"; "we had a pleasant evening together"; "a pleasant scene"; "pleasant sensations"

inoffensive, unoffending

adj. not causing anger or annoyance; "inoffensive behavior"

defensive

adj. intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack; "defensive weapons"; "a defensive stance"

pleasing

adj. giving pleasure and satisfaction; "a pleasing piece of news"; "pleasing in manner and appearance"

lovely

adj. appealing to the emotions as well as the eye

winning, appealing, fetching, taking

adj. very attractive; capturing interest; "a fetching new hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his manner"; "a winning personality"

good, attractive

adj. capable of pleasing; "good looks"

attractive

adj. pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm; "a remarkably attractive young man"; "an attractive personality"; "attractive clothes"; "a book with attractive illustrations"

savory, savoury, inoffensive

adj. morally respectable or inoffensive; "a past that was scarcely savory"

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