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Adjectives (16)
unpleasant
adj. disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"
disagreeable
adj. not pleasant or agreeable "unpalatable truths"; "unpalatable behavior"
offensive
adj. disagreeable to the sense
cacophonous, cacophonic
adj. having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten
disagreeable, grotty
adj. very unpleasant or offensive ; "a grotty little play"
objectionable, obnoxious
adj. causing disapproval or protest; "a vulgar and objectionable person"
foul, dirty, 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"
Fuzzynyms (227)
ugly, surly
adj. inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind"
disagreeable, ill-natured
adj. not to your liking; "a most disagreeable journey"; "a disagreeable old man"; "in a disagreeable mood"
ugly
adj. displeasing to the senses; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture"
offensive, unpleasant
adj. disagreeable to the sense
huffy, touchy, thin-skinned
adj. quick to take offense
frightening, dread, fearful, awful, dire, direful, dreaded, dreadful, fearsome, horrendous, horrific, terrible
adj. causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"
objectionable, unpleasant, obnoxious
adj. causing disapproval or protest; "a vulgar and objectionable person"
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"
teasing, annoying, chafing, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestiferous, pestilent, plaguy, plaguey, vexatious, vexing
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"
troubling, distressful, distressing, perturbing
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"
off-putting, unappealing
adj. tending to repel; "The trappings of upper-class life are off-putting and sterile"- Elizabeth Hess
undesirable
adj. not desirable; "undesirable impurities in steel"; "legislation excluding undesirable aliens"
objectionable, unpleasant, obnoxious
adj. causing disapproval or protest; "a vulgar and objectionable person"
disagreeable, grotty, unpleasant
adj. very unpleasant or offensive ; "a grotty little play"
offensive
adj. unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors"
undesirable
adj. not desirable; "undesirable impurities in steel"; "legislation excluding undesirable aliens"
disagreeable, ungrateful
adj. disagreeable; "I will not perform the ungrateful task of comparing cases of failure"- Abraham Lincoln
unacceptable, inconvenient
adj. "unwelcome interruptions"
unacceptable
adj. not acceptable; not welcome; "a word unacceptable in polite society"; "an unacceptable violation of personal freedom"
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"
dissonant, unresolved
adj. characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved
incompatible
adj. not compatible; "incompatible personalities"; "incompatible colors"
inharmonious, unharmonious
adj. not in harmony
unmusical
adj. lacking interest in or talent for music; "too unmusical to care for concerts"; "it is unfortunate that her children were all nonmusical"
dissonant, unmusical
adj. not musical in nature; "the unmusical cry of the bluejay"
objectionable, unpleasant, obnoxious
adj. causing disapproval or protest; "a vulgar and objectionable person"
disagreeable, unpleasant
adj. not pleasant or agreeable "unpalatable truths"; "unpalatable behavior"
disagreeable, grotty, unpleasant
adj. very unpleasant or offensive ; "a grotty little play"
disagreeable, unpleasant
adj. not pleasant or agreeable "unpalatable truths"; "unpalatable behavior"
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
unacceptable, impossible, insufferable, unsufferable
adj. used of persons or their behavior; "impossible behavior"; "insufferable insolence"
unacceptable, unsatisfactory
adj. "the pay is unsatisfactory and the conditions are unacceptable"
unsuitable
adj. not conducive to good moral development; "the movie is unsuitable for children"
abominable, execrable, detestable, odious
adj. unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke
teasing, annoying, chafing, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestiferous, pestilent, plaguy, plaguey, vexatious, vexing
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"
aggravating, exacerbating, exasperating
adj. making worse
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"
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"
inglorious, disgraceful, ignominious, opprobrious, shameful
adj. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice"
ignoble
adj. completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose; "something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude"; "I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part"- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
nefarious, villainous
adj. extremely wicked; "nefarious schemes"; "a villainous plot"; "a villainous band of thieves"
unfavorable, unfavourable
adj. not encouraging or approving or pleasing; "unfavorable conditions"; "an unfavorable comparison"; "unfavorable comments", "unfavorable impression"
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"
discriminatory, invidious
adj. containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice; "discriminatory attitudes and practices"; "invidious comparisons"
insulting, scornful, disdainful, contemptuous
adj. expressing extreme contempt
malevolent, malicious
adj. having the nature of or resulting from malice; "malicious gossip"; "took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling
belittling, depreciative, depreciatory, derogative, derogatory, detractive, disparaging, slighting
adj. expressive of low opinion; "derogatory comments"; "disparaging remarks about the new house"
ugly
adj. displeasing to the senses; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture"
nasty
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
unpleasant
adj. disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"
base, ugly, vile
adj. morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"
ugly, surly
adj. inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind"
undesirable
adj. not desirable; "undesirable impurities in steel"; "legislation excluding undesirable aliens"
abominable, execrable, detestable, odious
adj. unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke
hateful
adj. evoking or deserving hatred; "no vice is universally as hateful as ingratitude"- Joseph Priestly
Synonyms (68)
displeasing
adj. causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities
ill-natured
adj. having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
nasty
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
offensive
adj. unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors"
unpalatable
adj. not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind; "an unpalatable meal"; "unpalatable truths"; "unpalatable behavior"
unappetizing, distasteful, unsavory, unsavoury
adj. not pleasing in odor or taste
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"
noisy
adj. full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds; "a noisy cafeteria"; "a small noisy dog"
grave, awful
adj. painful or dangerous: "an awful accident"; "a grave wound"
mean, dirty, spiteful, hateful
adj. characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood"
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"
gross, swinish, bestial
adj. ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude"
ghastly, sepulchral, charnel
adj. gruesomely indicative of death or the dead; "a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"; "ghastly shrieks"; "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs"
crying, rank, gross, egregious, flagrant
adj. conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery"
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"
foul, vile, noisome, nauseating, nauseous, sickening
adj. causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"
morbid, ghoulish
adj. suggesting the horror of death and decay; "morbid details"
hideous, horrid, 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"
scrimy
adj. dirty and disgusting; "worry about the gossip and secretiveness and other scrimy sides"- Al Hine
verminous
adj. of the nature of vermin; very offensive or repulsive
severe, intemperate
adj. (of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes; "an intemperate climate"; "intemperate zones"
rainy
adj. (of weather) wet by periods of rain; "showery weather"; "rainy days"
Antonyms (21)
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"
agreeable, good natured
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"
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
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"
euphonious, pleasant, euphonous
adj. having a pleasant sound; "a euphonious trill of silver laughter"
inoffensive
adj. giving no offense; "a quiet inoffensive man"; "a refreshing inoffensive stimulant"
charming, engaging, piquant
adj. attracting or delighting; "an engaging frankness"; "a piquant face with large appealing eyes"
unpleasant
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