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antagonistic
Showing antagonism; acting in opposition
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  1. Showing antagonism; acting in opposition
  2. Contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces.
antipathetic
Having or showing a strong aversion or repugnance
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  1. Having or showing a strong aversion or repugnance
  2. Opposed in nature or character; antagonistic:
  3. Opposed or antagonistic in character, tendency, etc.
inimical
Injurious or harmful in effect; adverse:
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  1. Injurious or harmful in effect; adverse:
  2. Like an enemy; hostile; unfriendly
  3. In opposition; adverse; unfavorable
hostile
Not hospitable or compatible; adverse
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  1. Not hospitable or compatible; adverse
  2. Feeling or showing enmity or ill will:
  3. Of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy:
opposite
Placed or located directly across from something else or from each other:
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  1. Placed or located directly across from something else or from each other:
  2. (Botany) Growing in pairs on either side of a stem:
  3. Sharply contrasting; antithetical:
contrary
Opposite in nature, order, direction, etc.; altogether different
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  1. Opposite in nature, order, direction, etc.; altogether different
  2. Opposed, as in character or purpose:
  3. (Music) Moving in the opposite direction at a fixed interval:
adverse
Moving or working in an opposite or contrary direction; opposed
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  1. Moving or working in an opposite or contrary direction; opposed
  2. Opposite in position
  3. Moving in an opposite or opposing direction:
counter
Contrary; opposing:
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  1. Contrary; opposing:
  2. That acts in opposition, tends in an opposite direction, or is opposite or contrary; opposed or opposing
conflicting
Being in opposition; contrary; contradictory.
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  1. Being in opposition; contrary; contradictory.
  2. Striking, or dashing together; fighting; contending; struggling to resist and overcome.
unconformable
Not conformable or conforming
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  1. Not conformable or conforming
  2. Incapable of conformity; not conforming.
  3. (Geol.) Showing unconformity
contradictory
Tending to contradict or oppose, contrarious.
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  1. Tending to contradict or oppose, contrarious.
  2. Given to contradicting:
  3. Inclined to contradict or deny
unfitted
Not customized to fit, generic, off the rack.
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  1. Not customized to fit, generic, off the rack.
incompatible
Not going, or getting along, well together; incongruous, conflicting, discordant, etc.
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  1. Not going, or getting along, well together; incongruous, conflicting, discordant, etc.
  2. (Chemistry) Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.
  3. Impossible to be held simultaneously by one person:
alien
Belonging to, characteristic of, or constituting another and very different place, society, or person; strange.
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  1. Belonging to, characteristic of, or constituting another and very different place, society, or person; strange.
  2. Owing political allegiance to another country or government; foreign:
  3. Dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed, as in nature:
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:
repulsive
Characterized by, or having the nature of, repulsion
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  1. Characterized by, or having the nature of, repulsion
  2. Tending to repel or drive off:
  3. Causing strong dislike or aversion; disgusting; offensive
distasteful
Unpleasant; disagreeable:
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  1. Unpleasant; disagreeable:
  2. Unpleasant to taste
  3. (Figuratively) Unpleasant.
disagreeable
Exciting repugnance; offensive to the feelings or senses; displeasing; unpleasant.
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  1. Exciting repugnance; offensive to the feelings or senses; displeasing; unpleasant.
  2. Not to one's taste; unpleasant; offensive
  3. Not to one's liking; unpleasant or offensive.
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
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:
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
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.
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:
discrepant
Marked by discrepancy; disagreeing.
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  1. Marked by discrepancy; disagreeing.
  2. Lacking agreement; differing; at variance; inconsistent
incompatible
(Chemistry) Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.
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  1. (Chemistry) Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.
  2. (Logic) That cannot be simultaneously true; mutually exclusive.
  3. (Math.) Logically contradictory
incongruent
Not congruent
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  1. Not congruent
  2. Incongruous.
incongruous
Having inconsistent or inharmonious parts, elements, etc.
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  1. Having inconsistent or inharmonious parts, elements, etc.
  2. Lacking in harmony; incompatible:
  3. Lacking harmony or agreement; incompatible
inconsistent
Not in agreement, harmony, or accord; incompatible
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  1. Not in agreement, harmony, or accord; incompatible
  2. Of an assertion, that is contradictory or not supported. Of an assertion, that is contradictory or not supported.
  3. Lacking in correct logical relation; contradictory:
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  • It was, however, profoundly repugnant to him.

  • The story is in both cases more human and less repugnant than the, in some respects, similar story of Griselda.

  • He appears to have been especially chagrined because the crown lands were not his personal property, but the whole of the new arrangements were repugnant to him.

  • is a fond thing mainly invented and grounded on no warranty of Scripture, but rather repugnant to the Word of God."

  • Everything that reminded him of his past was repugnant to him, and so in his relations with that former circle he confined himself to trying to do his duty and not to be unfair.

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