| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Heavily soiled; very dirty or unclean: filthy, foul, nasty, squalid. See CLEAN. 2. So objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation: abhorrent, abominable, antipathetic, contemptible, despicable, despisable, detestable, disgusting, filthy, foul, infamous, loathsome, lousy, low, mean2, nasty, nefarious, obnoxious, odious, repugnant, rotten, shabby, wretched. See GOOD. 3. Extremely unpleasant to the senses or feelings: atrocious, disgusting, foul, horrid, nasty, nauseating, offensive, repellent, repulsive, revolting, sickening, ugly, unwholesome. See LIKE, PAIN. 4. Having or proceeding from low moral standards: base2, ignoble, low, low-down, mean2, sordid, squalid. See RIGHT.
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