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Nefarious synonyms
nə-fâr'ē-əs
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despicable
Deserving of contempt or scorn; vile.
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  1. Deserving of contempt or scorn; vile.
  2. Deserving to be despised; contemptible
bad
Full of or exhibiting faults or errors:
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  1. Full of or exhibiting faults or errors:
  2. Immoral or evil.
  3. Being in poor condition; diseased:
treacherous
Characterized by unforeseen or hidden hazards; dangerous or deceptive:
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  1. Characterized by unforeseen or hidden hazards; dangerous or deceptive:
  2. Giving a false appearance of safety or reliability; untrustworthy or insecure
  3. Guilty of or characterized by betrayal of confidence or trust; perfidious.
evil
Characterized by anger or spite; malicious:
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  1. Characterized by anger or spite; malicious:
  2. Bad or blameworthy by report; infamous:
  3. Morally bad or wrong; wicked:
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. Opposed or antagonistic in character, tendency, etc.
  3. Causing a feeling of antipathy; repugnant
contemptible
(Obsolete) Contemptuous.
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  1. (Obsolete) Contemptuous.
  2. Deserving of contempt or scorn; worthless; despicable
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:
nasty
Very dangerous, troublesome, grievous, etc.
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  1. Very dangerous, troublesome, grievous, etc.
  2. Disgusting or repellent:
  3. Mean; malicious; ill-humored
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
Offering resistance; opposed; antagonistic
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  1. Offering resistance; opposed; antagonistic
  2. Arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive:
  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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  • I know the list of nefarious uses of the Internet—but on balance, we are building it for good purposes.

  • Great Britain and Prussia very properly insisted that Charles John's first duty was to them, the former power rigorously protesting against the expenditure of her subsidies on the nefarious Norwegian adventure before the common enemy had been crushed.

  • Second obstacle: surviving her first full day in an unfamiliar job working for someone with the uncanny knowledge that she was there for nefarious reasons.

  • Was this break in and shooting a coincidental event or might someone else have been as clever as I at tracking down this nefarious tipster?

  • Into the dyeing of silk it is not here necessary to enter, except in so far as concerns a nefarious practice, carried on in dye-houses, which has exercised a most detrimental influence on the silk trade.

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