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ghastly
Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal.
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  1. Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal.
  2. Causing shock, revulsion, or horror; terrifying:
  3. Horrible; frightful
grisly
Causing repugnance; gruesome.
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  1. Causing repugnance; gruesome.
  2. Terrifying; horrible; ghastly
frightful
(Informal) Unpleasant; annoying
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  1. (Informal) Unpleasant; annoying
  2. (Informal) Excessive; extreme:
  3. Shocking; terrible
repulsive
Characterized by, or having the nature of, repulsion
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  1. Characterized by, or having the nature of, repulsion
  2. Causing strong dislike or aversion; disgusting; offensive
  3. Tending to repel or drive off:
hateful
Nasty, unpleasant, objectionable, etc.
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  1. Nasty, unpleasant, objectionable, etc.
  2. (Archaic) Feeling or showing hate; malicious; malevolent
  3. (Informal) Very unpleasant or unappealing:
revolting
Engaged in revolt; rebellious
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  1. Engaged in revolt; rebellious
  2. That which revolts or is repelling.
  3. Causing revulsion; disgusting; repulsive; offensive; loathsome
ill-favored
Unpleasant; offensive
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  1. Unpleasant; offensive
  2. Of unpleasant or evil appearance; ugly
  3. Having an ugly or unattractive face.
ugly
Unpleasing to look at; aesthetically offensive or unattractive; unsightly
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  1. Unpleasing to look at; aesthetically offensive or unattractive; unsightly
  2. Marked by or inclined to anger or bad feelings; disagreeable:
  3. Repulsive or offensive; objectionable:
unsightly
Displeasing to the eye
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  1. Displeasing to the eye
  2. Not sightly; not pleasant to look at; ugly
ghastly
Causing shock, revulsion, or horror; terrifying:
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  1. Causing shock, revulsion, or horror; terrifying:
  2. Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal.
  3. Horrible; frightful
grim
Fierce; cruel; savage
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  1. Fierce; cruel; savage
  2. Unrelenting or uncompromising:
  3. Appearing stern, forbidding, harsh, etc.
grisly
Causing repugnance; gruesome.
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  1. Causing repugnance; gruesome.
  2. Terrifying; horrible; ghastly
gruesome
Causing horror or disgust; grisly
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  1. Causing horror or disgust; grisly
  2. Causing horror and repugnance; frightful and shocking:
horrible
Arousing or tending to arouse horror; dreadful:
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  1. Arousing or tending to arouse horror; dreadful:
  2. (Informal) Very bad, ugly, shocking, unpleasant, etc.
  3. Causing a feeling of horror; terrible; dreadful; frightful
horrid
(Archaic) Bristling; shaggy; rough
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  1. (Archaic) Bristling; shaggy; rough
  2. Very bad, ugly, unpleasant, etc.
  3. Causing a feeling of horror; terrible; revolting
lurid
Vivid in a harsh or shocking way; startling; sensational
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  1. Vivid in a harsh or shocking way; startling; sensational
  2. Characterized by shocking or outrageous behavior:
  3. Characterized by violent passion or crime
macabre
Constituting or including a representation of death.
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  1. Constituting or including a representation of death.
  2. Upsetting or horrifying by association with death or injury; gruesome:
  3. Grim and horrible; gruesome; ghastly
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  • She looked up to find both hideous beasts staring at her, drooling.

  • Hideous forms floated before him.

  • Comparatively, tattooing is not the hideous custom which it is called.

  • The growing ferocity of the Terror appeared more hideous as the dangers threatening the government receded.

  • He died in 1787, at an opportune moment for himself; though he had temporarily raised Frances position in Europe, his work was soon ruined by the very means taken to secure its successes: warfare and armaments had hastened the hideous bankruptcy.

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