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ugly
Marked by or inclined to anger or bad feelings; disagreeable:
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  1. Marked by or inclined to anger or bad feelings; disagreeable:
  2. Bad, vile, repulsive, offensive, objectionable, etc.
  3. (Informal) Ill-tempered; cross
dirty
Obscene or indecent:
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  1. Obscene or indecent:
  2. Not sportsmanlike:
  3. Squalid or filthy; run-down:
foul
(--- Baseball) Outside the foul lines:
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  1. (--- Baseball) Outside the foul lines:
  2. Violating accepted standards or rules; dishonorable:
  3. Entangled or enwrapped:
gross
So obvious or conspicuous as to cause or heighten offense:
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  1. So obvious or conspicuous as to cause or heighten offense:
  2. Exclusive of deductions; total:
  3. On a large scale; not fine or detailed:
revolting
Causing revulsion; disgusting; repulsive; offensive; loathsome
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  1. Causing revulsion; disgusting; repulsive; offensive; loathsome
  2. Engaged in revolt; rebellious
  3. That which revolts or is repelling.
immoral
Contrary to established moral principles.
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  1. Contrary to established moral principles.
  2. Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law.
  3. Not in conformity with the accepted standards of proper sexual behavior, specif., unchaste or lewd
immodest
Not modest
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  1. Not modest
  2. Boastful or arrogant:
  3. Lacking in modesty; shameless.
smutty
Soiled with smut
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  1. Soiled with smut
  2. Pornographic or indecent
  3. Affected with plant smut
injurious
Offensive or insulting; hurtful:
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  1. Offensive or insulting; hurtful:
  2. Causing or tending to cause injury; harmful:
  3. Injuring or likely to cause injury; harmful
noxious
Harmful to the health; injurious
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  1. Harmful to the health; injurious
  2. Harmful to living things; injurious to health:
  3. Morally injurious; corrupting; unwholesome
sarcastic
Of, having the nature of, or characterized by sarcasm; sneering, caustic, cutting, etc.
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  1. Of, having the nature of, or characterized by sarcasm; sneering, caustic, cutting, etc.
  2. (Of a person) Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm.
  3. Given to using sarcasm:
critical
Relating to or characterized by criticism; reflecting careful analysis and judgment:
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  1. Relating to or characterized by criticism; reflecting careful analysis and judgment:
  2. (Chemistry & Physics) Of or relating to the value of a measurement, such as temperature, at which an abrupt change in a quality, property, or state occurs:
  3. (Physics) Capable of sustaining a nuclear chain reaction:
mean
Miserly; stingy:
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  1. Miserly; stingy:
  2. (Slang) Hard to cope with; difficult or troublesome:
  3. Ignoble; base:
filthy
Obscene or offensive:
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  1. Obscene or offensive:
  2. Full of filth; disgustingly foul
  3. Vile; nasty:
foul
Irritable or upset:
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  1. Irritable or upset:
  2. Morally detestable; wicked:
  3. Entangled or enwrapped:
squalid
Dirty or deteriorated, especially from poverty or lack of care.
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  1. Dirty or deteriorated, especially from poverty or lack of care.
  2. Wretched; miserable; sordid
  3. Foul or unclean, esp. as the result of neglect or unsanitary conditions
vile
Highly disagreeable or most inferior; very bad: a generalized term of disapproval
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  1. Highly disagreeable or most inferior; very bad: a generalized term of disapproval
  2. Miserably poor and degrading; wretched:
  3. Morally depraved; ignoble or wicked:
atrocious
Very cruel, evil, brutal, etc.
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  1. Very cruel, evil, brutal, etc.
  2. Extremely evil or cruel; monstrous:
  3. Very bad, unpleasant, offensive, inferior, etc.
disgusting
Arousing disgust; repugnant.
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  1. Arousing disgust; repugnant.
  2. Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.
foul
Entangled or enwrapped:
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  1. Entangled or enwrapped:
  2. (Archaic) Ugly; unattractive.
  3. Offensive to the senses; revolting:
horrid
Very bad, ugly, unpleasant, etc.
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  1. Very bad, ugly, unpleasant, etc.
  2. Causing a feeling of horror; terrible; revolting
  3. Extremely disagreeable; offensive.
nauseating
Causing nausea; nauseous.
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  1. Causing nausea; nauseous.
  2. Causing disgust, revulsion or loathing
offensive
(Sports) Of or relating to a team having possession of a ball or puck:
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  1. (Sports) Of or relating to a team having possession of a ball or puck:
  2. Causing anger, displeasure, or resentment:
  3. Disagreeable to the senses:
repellent
Serving or tending to repel something, especially insects:
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  1. Serving or tending to repel something, especially insects:
  2. Able to resist the absorption of liquid, esp. water, to a limited extent
  3. Resistant or impervious to a substance. Often used in combination:
repulsive
Tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
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  1. Tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
  2. Tending to repel or drive off:
  3. Causing strong dislike or aversion; disgusting; offensive
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
sickening
Causing sickness or disgust.
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  1. Causing sickness or disgust.
  2. Disgusting or revolting
  3. Revolting or disgusting; loathsome:
ugly
Bad, vile, repulsive, offensive, objectionable, etc.
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  1. Bad, vile, repulsive, offensive, objectionable, etc.
  2. Marked by or inclined to anger or bad feelings; disagreeable:
  3. Repulsive or offensive; objectionable:
unwholesome
Not sound; diseased; tainted; impaired; defective.
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  1. Not sound; diseased; tainted; impaired; defective.
  2. Not conducive to morality; morally harmful:
  3. Not conducive to good health; unhealthy:
vile
Highly disagreeable or most inferior; very bad: a generalized term of disapproval
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  1. Highly disagreeable or most inferior; very bad: a generalized term of disapproval
  2. Morally depraved; ignoble or wicked:
  3. Offensive to the senses or sensibilities; repulsive; disgusting
barnyard
Like or fit for a barnyard; earthy, smutty, etc.
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  1. Like or fit for a barnyard; earthy, smutty, etc.
  2. Of or pertaining to a barnyard.
  3. Coarse or indecent:
bawdy
Characteristic of a bawd; indecent or humorously coarse; lewd
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  1. Characteristic of a bawd; indecent or humorously coarse; lewd
  2. Humorously coarse; lewd or risqué:
broad
Covering a wide scope; general:
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  1. Covering a wide scope; general:
  2. Full; open:
  3. Vulgar; ribald:
coarse
Rough, especially to the touch:
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  1. Rough, especially to the touch:
  2. Not fine or delicate in texture, structure, form, etc.; rough; harsh
  3. Lacking in delicacy or refinement:
dirty
Covered or marked with dirt or an unwanted substance; unclean.
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  1. Covered or marked with dirt or an unwanted substance; unclean.
  2. Malicious or scandalous:
  3. Not bright and clear in color; somewhat dull or drab. Often used in combination:
fescennine
Licentious; obscene.
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  1. Licentious; obscene.
  2. Vulgar; obscene; scurrilous
filthy
Full of filth; disgustingly foul
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  1. Full of filth; disgustingly foul
  2. Vile; nasty:
  3. Covered or smeared with filth; disgustingly dirty.
foul
Extremely dirty or impure; disgustingly filthy
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  1. Extremely dirty or impure; disgustingly filthy
  2. Entangled or enwrapped:
  3. (--- Baseball) Outside the foul lines:
gross
Lacking fine distinctions or specific details
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  1. Lacking fine distinctions or specific details
  2. Broad; general:
  3. On a large scale; not fine or detailed:
lewd
(Obs.) Unlearned; ignorant
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  1. (Obs.) Unlearned; ignorant
  2. Preoccupied with sex and sexual desire; lustful.
  3. Showing, or intended to excite, lust or sexual desire, esp. in an offensive way; lascivious
obscene
Exceptionally repugnant to the contemporary standards of decency and morality within the community; grossly obnoxious to the notions of acceptable behavior. Exceptionally repugnant to the contemporary standards of decency and morality within the community; grossly obnoxious to the notions of acceptable behavior.
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  1. Exceptionally repugnant to the contemporary standards of decency and morality within the community; grossly obnoxious to the notions of acceptable behavior. Exceptionally repugnant to the contemporary standards of decency and morality within the community; grossly obnoxious to the notions of acceptable behavior.
  2. (--- Law) Of or relating to materials that can be regulated or criminalized because their depiction of nudity, sex, or excretion is patently offensive and without artistic or scientific value.
  3. (Law) Designating or of books, films, etc. which when judged by contemporary community standards, are found to appeal to a prurient interest in sex, be patently offensive, and have no serious artistic, scientific, or social value
profane
Not admitted into a body of secret knowledge or ritual; uninitiated.
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  1. Not admitted into a body of secret knowledge or ritual; uninitiated.
  2. Nonreligious in subject matter, form, or use; secular:
  3. Vulgar; coarse.
ribald
Characterized by or indulging in humor that is vulgar and lewd.
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  1. Characterized by or indulging in humor that is vulgar and lewd.
  2. Characterized by coarse or vulgar joking or mocking; esp., dealing with sex in a humorously earthy or direct way
scurrilous
Maliciously insulting; slanderous, libelous, etc.
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  1. Maliciously insulting; slanderous, libelous, etc.
  2. (Archaic) Characterized by indecent or abusive language; coarse; vulgar
  3. Given to the use of vulgar, coarse, or abusive language.
smutty
Pornographic or indecent
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  1. Pornographic or indecent
  2. Soiled with smut
  3. Affected with plant smut
vulgar
Spoken by or expressed in language spoken by the common people; vernacular:
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  1. Spoken by or expressed in language spoken by the common people; vernacular:
  2. Characterized by a lack of culture, refinement, taste, restraint, sensitivity, etc.; coarse; crude; boorish
  3. Offensively excessive in self-display or expenditure; ostentatious:
raunchy
Uninhibited. Used of sex.
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  1. Uninhibited. Used of sex.
  2. Grimy; unkempt:
  3. Of poor quality, appearance, etc.; dirty, cheap, sloppy, etc.
black
By, for, or about black people as a group; specif., in the U.S., by, for, or about black Americans
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  1. By, for, or about black people as a group; specif., in the U.S., by, for, or about black Americans
  2. Being of the color black, producing or reflecting comparatively little light and having no predominant hue.
  3. Evil; wicked:
despiteful
(Archaic) Spiteful; malicious
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  1. (Archaic) Spiteful; malicious
  2. Expressing malice or contemptuous hate.
  3. Full of despite.
evil
Angry, irritable, disagreeable, etc.
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  1. Angry, irritable, disagreeable, etc.
  2. Morally bad or wrong; wicked:
  3. Characterized by or indicating future misfortune; ominous:
hateful
Full of hatred.
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  1. Full of hatred.
  2. (Archaic) Feeling or showing hate; malicious; malevolent
  3. Nasty, unpleasant, objectionable, etc.
malevolent
Having a harmful influence:
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  1. Having a harmful influence:
  2. Wishing evil or harm to others; having or showing ill will; malicious
malicious
(Law) Done with malice.
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  1. (Law) Done with malice.
  2. Having, showing, or caused by malice; spiteful; intentionally mischievous or harmful
  3. Having the nature of or resulting from malice; deliberately harmful; spiteful:
malign
Showing ill will; malicious
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  1. Showing ill will; malicious
  2. Intending or threatening harm or ill will; malevolent:
  3. Evil or harmful in nature or effect:
malignant
Wishing evil; very malevolent or malicious
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  1. Wishing evil; very malevolent or malicious
  2. Having or showing ill will; malicious:
  3. Relating to cancer cells that are invasive and tend to metastasize. Malignant tumor cells are histologically more primitive than normal tissue.
mean
Expressing spite or malice:
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  1. Expressing spite or malice:
  2. (Slang) Hard to cope with; difficult or troublesome:
  3. Ignoble; base:
poisonous
Capable of harming or killing by poison:
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  1. Capable of harming or killing by poison:
  2. (Of an animal) Inedible due to containing poison; poisonous to eat
  3. Full of ill will; malicious or spiteful:
spiteful
Filled with, prompted by, or showing spite; malicious.
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  1. Filled with, prompted by, or showing spite; malicious.
  2. Full of or showing spite; purposefully annoying; malicious
venomous
(Zool.) Having a poison gland or glands and able to inflict a poisonous wound by biting or stinging
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  1. (Zool.) Having a poison gland or glands and able to inflict a poisonous wound by biting or stinging
  2. Secreting and transmitting venom:
  3. Full of or containing venom:
vicious
Faulty or defective:
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  1. Faulty or defective:
  2. Having bad or harmful habits; unruly
  3. Malicious; spiteful; mean
wicked
Severe and distressing:
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  1. Severe and distressing:
  2. (Slang) Strikingly good, effective, or skillful:
  3. Morally bad or wrong; acting or done with evil intent; depraved
bitchy
Bad-tempered or malicious
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  1. Bad-tempered or malicious
  2. In a bad mood; irritable or cranky.
  3. Mean, spiteful, or overbearing.
bad-tempered
Alternative spelling of bad-tempered.
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  1. Alternative spelling of bad-tempered.
  2. Having a bad temper or cranky disposition; irritable
  3. Of or pertaining to bad temper; showing anger.
cantankerous
Given to or marked by an ill-tempered nature, ill-tempered, cranky, surly, crabby.
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  1. Given to or marked by an ill-tempered nature, ill-tempered, cranky, surly, crabby.
  2. Difficult to handle:
  3. Note: Cantankerous is generally used to describe an unpleasant elderly person in a slightly pejorative manner. However, the term can be used to people in general, livestock, and machinery as well.
crabbed
(Of handwriting) Crowded together and difficult to read.
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  1. (Of handwriting) Crowded together and difficult to read.
  2. Difficult to understand; complicated.
  3. Peevish; morose; cross
cranky
Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar.
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  1. Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar.
  2. Grouchy, irritable; easily upset.
  3. Irritable; cross
cross
Going counter; contrary; opposed
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  1. Going counter; contrary; opposed
  2. Involving reciprocal actions, etc.
  3. Lying or passing crosswise; intersecting:
fretful
Inclined to be vexed or troubled; peevish.
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  1. Inclined to be vexed or troubled; peevish.
  2. Having or showing a tendency to fret; irritable and discontented; peevish
  3. Marked by worry and distress; troublesome:
grouchy
In a bad-tempered or sulky mood; grumpy
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  1. In a bad-tempered or sulky mood; grumpy
  2. Tending to complain or grumble; peevish or grumpy.
grumpy
Grouchy; peevish; bad-tempered
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  1. Grouchy; peevish; bad-tempered
  2. Surly and peevish; cranky.
ill-tempered
Having or showing a bad temper; quarrelsome; sullen; irritable
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  1. Having or showing a bad temper; quarrelsome; sullen; irritable
irascible
Characterized by or resulting from anger.
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  1. Characterized by or resulting from anger.
  2. Prone to outbursts of temper; easily angered.
  3. Showing or resulting from a quick temper or a fit of anger
irritable
Capable of responding to a stimulus. Used of an organism.
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  1. Capable of responding to a stimulus. Used of an organism.
  2. (Physiol.) Able to respond to a stimulus
  3. Easily irritated or annoyed.
peevish
Contrary; fractious.
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  1. Contrary; fractious.
  2. Showing ill humor or impatience, as a glance or remark
  3. Hard to please; irritable; fretful; cross
petulant
Unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish.
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  1. Unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish.
  2. Contemptuous in speech or behavior.
  3. Impatient or irritable, esp. over petty things; peevish
querulous
Given to complaining; peevish.
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  1. Given to complaining; peevish.
  2. Full of complaint; peevish
  3. Inclined to find fault; complaining
snappish
Irritable and curt:
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  1. Irritable and curt:
  2. Likely to snap or bite, as a dog.
  3. Cross or irritable, uncivil; sharp-tongued
snappy
(Informal) Brisk, vigorous, or lively
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  1. (Informal) Brisk, vigorous, or lively
  2. (Informal) Irritable.
  3. Snappish; cross
surly
Bad-tempered; sullenly rude; hostile and uncivil
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  1. Bad-tempered; sullenly rude; hostile and uncivil
  2. Threatening, as of weather conditions; ominous:
  3. Threatening, menacing, gloomy.
testy
Irritable; touchy; peevish
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  1. Irritable; touchy; peevish
  2. Irritated, impatient, or exasperated; peevish:
waspish
Indicative of irritation, annoyance, or spite:
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  1. Indicative of irritation, annoyance, or spite:
  2. Easily irritated or annoyed; irascible.
  3. Having a slender waist, like a wasp
crabby
Crabbed; difficult, or perplexing.
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  1. Crabbed; difficult, or perplexing.
  2. Visibly irritated or annoyed; grouchy, irritable, in a foul mood; given to complaining or finding fault in an annoyed way.
  3. Cross and complaining; peevish; ill-tempered
mean
Miserly; stingy:
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  1. Miserly; stingy:
  2. (Slang) Hard to cope with; difficult or troublesome:
  3. Ignoble; base:
abhorrent
Disgusting, loathsome, or repellent.
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  1. Disgusting, loathsome, or repellent.
  2. Feeling repugnance or loathing.
  3. Causing disgust, hatred, etc.; detestable
abominable
Unequivocally detestable; loathsome:
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  1. Unequivocally detestable; loathsome:
  2. Nasty and disgusting; vile; loathsome
  3. Highly unpleasant; disagreeable; very bad
antipathetic
Opposed in nature or character; antagonistic:
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  1. Opposed in nature or character; antagonistic:
  2. Causing a feeling of antipathy; repugnant:
  3. Opposed or antagonistic in character, tendency, etc.
contemptible
(Obs.) Contemptuous
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  1. (Obs.) Contemptuous
  2. Deserving of contempt or scorn; worthless; despicable
despicable
Deserving of contempt or scorn; vile.
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  1. Deserving of contempt or scorn; vile.
  2. Deserving to be despised; contemptible
detestable
That is or should be detested; hateful; execrable; odious
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  1. That is or should be detested; hateful; execrable; odious
  2. Inspiring or deserving abhorrence or scorn.
disgusting
Arousing disgust; repugnant.
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  1. Arousing disgust; repugnant.
  2. Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.
filthy
Vile; nasty:
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  1. Vile; nasty:
  2. Full of filth; disgustingly foul
  3. Covered or smeared with filth; disgustingly dirty.
foul
(Printing) Containing errors or marked with changes
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  1. (Printing) Containing errors or marked with changes
  2. Violating accepted standards or rules; dishonorable:
  3. Containing dirt, impurities, or other foreign matter;
infamous
Guilty of such a crime
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  1. Guilty of such a crime
  2. Causing or deserving a bad reputation; scandalous; outrageous
  3. (Law) Convicted of a crime, such as treason or felony, that carries a severe punishment. No longer in technical use.
loathsome
Causing loathing; disgusting; abhorrent; detestable
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  1. Causing loathing; disgusting; abhorrent; detestable
lousy
(Slang) Well supplied or oversupplied (with)
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  1. (Slang) Well supplied or oversupplied (with)
  2. Extremely contemptible; nasty:
  3. Sick or unwell:
low
Cut to show the wearer's neck and chest; décolleté:
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  1. Cut to show the wearer's neck and chest; décolleté:
  2. Below an average or a standard:
  3. Mean; despicable; contemptible
mean
Low in value, rank, or social status:
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  1. Low in value, rank, or social status:
  2. (Slang) Hard to cope with; difficult or troublesome:
  3. Ignoble; base:
nefarious
Very wicked; villainous; iniquitous
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  1. Very wicked; villainous; iniquitous
  2. Infamous by way of being extremely wicked.
obnoxious
(Archaic) Deserving of or liable to censure.
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  1. (Archaic) Deserving of or liable to censure.
  2. Very annoying or objectionable; offensive or odious:
  3. (Archaic) Exposed or subject to harm, injury, or evil:
odious
Arousing or deserving hatred or strong dislike.
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  1. Arousing or deserving hatred or strong dislike.
  2. Extremely unpleasant; repulsive:
  3. Disgusting, disgraceful, hateful, vile, loathsome, scandalous. See also odium. Disgusting, disgraceful, hateful, vile, loathsome, scandalous. See also odium.
repugnant
Arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive:
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  1. Arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive:
  2. Offering resistance; opposed; antagonistic
  3. Contradictory; inconsistent
rotten
(Slang) Very bad, unsatisfactory, nasty, etc.
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  1. (Slang) Very bad, unsatisfactory, nasty, etc.
  2. Morally corrupt or despicable:
  3. Soft or easily broken as because of decomposition; friable
shabby
Dilapidated or deteriorated in condition, especially through neglect; seedy:
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  1. Dilapidated or deteriorated in condition, especially through neglect; seedy:
  2. Showing much wear; ragged; threadbare
  3. Despicable; mean:
vile
Cheap; worthless
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  1. Cheap; worthless
  2. Highly disagreeable or most inferior; very bad: a generalized term of disapproval
  3. Degrading; low; mean
wretched
Deeply distressed or unhappy; miserable; unfortunate
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  1. Deeply distressed or unhappy; miserable; unfortunate
  2. Poor in quality; very inferior
  3. Of a poor or mean character; dismal:
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