adj. contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen

adj. likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers"

adj. tending to corrupt or pervert

adj. causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"

adj. rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution; "had to boil the contaminated water"; "polluted lakes and streams"

adj. unclean and constituting a likely cause of disease; "pathetic dogs kept in small unhygienic cages"

adj. not sanitary or healthful; "unsanitary open sewers"; "grim and unsanitary conditions"

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

adj. mixed with impurities

adj. having the purity corrupted; made unclean; "the defiled Temple"

adj. soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"

adj. not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive

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

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

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"

adj. not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive

adj. containing errors or alterations; "a corrupt text"; "spoke a corrupted version of the language"

adj. making worse

adj. requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading"

adj. hard to endure; "fell upon trying times"

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

adj. difficult to deal with; "a troublesome infection"; "a troublesome situation"

adj. resulting in punishment; "the king imposed a punishing tax"

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"

adj. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"

adj. not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule"

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

adj. causing distress or worry or anxiety; "distressing (or disturbing) news"; "lived in heroic if something distressful isolation"; "a disturbing amount of crime"; "a revelation that was most perturbing"; "a new and troubling thought"; "in a particularly worrisome predicament"; "a worrying situation"; "a worrying time"

adj. not able to attract favorable attention; "they have made the place as unappealing as possible"; "was forced to talk to his singularly unappealing hostess"

adj. not wanted; "undesirable impurities in steel"; "legislation excluding undesirable aliens";"removed the unwanted vegetation"

adj. infected and filled with pus; "an abscessed tooth"

adj. making impure by contact or mixing

adj. caused by infection or capable of causing infection; "viruses and other infective agents"; "a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease"

adj. causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction

adj. characteristic of septicemia; "a septicemic temperature curve"

adj. (of plants) epidemic among plants of a single kind especially over a wide area; "an epiphytotic blight of potatoes"; "epiphytotic conditions associated with a single-plant agriculture"

adj. (of animals) epidemic among animals of a single kind within a particular region; "an epizootic disease"

adj. epidemic over a wide geographical area; "a pandemic outbreak of malaria"

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

adj. stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; "black deeds"; "a black lie"; "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"; "Darth Vader of the dark side"; "a dark purpose"; "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility"; "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy

adj. characterized by wickedness or immorality; "led a very bad life"

adj. extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell; "something demonic in him--something that could be cruel"; "fires lit up a diabolic scene"; "diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils"; "a fiendish despot"; "hellish torture"; "infernal instruments of war"; "satanic cruelty"; "unholy grimaces"

adj. showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil; "devilish schemes"; "the cold calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen"; "the diabolical expression on his face"; "a mephistophelian glint in his eye"

adj. having evil thoughts or intentions

adj. extremely irritating to the nerves; "nerve-racking noise"; "the stressful days before a war"; "a trying day at the office"

adj. devoid of objectionable language; "lyrics as antiseptic as Sunday School"

adj. not carrying concealed weapons

adj. morally admirable

adj. conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature; "Is the plan agreeable to you?"; "he's an agreeable fellow"; "My idea of an agreeable person...is a person who agrees with me"- Disraeli; "an agreeable manner"