6
heinous(adjective, evil, taste, unpleasant, awful)
6
loud(adjective, bright, vulgar, extravagant, flashy)
6
melodramatic(adjective, amazing, shocking, striking, explicit)
6
monstrous(adjective, awful, terrible, immoral, atrocious)
6
obnoxious(adjective, taste, unpleasant, awful, terrible)
6
pornographic
6
repulsive(adjective, nasty, unpleasant, awful, disgusting)
6
sickening(adjective, taste, awful, terrible, endured)
6
yellow(adjective, informal, shocking, explicit, sensational)
5
agonizing(adjective, strange, horrible, horror, scary)
5
colorful(adjective, extravagant, loud, flashy, gaudy)
5
dim(adjective, dull, light, soft, poor)
5
dingy(adjective, dull, dark, gloomy, dim)
5
direful(adjective, strange, horrible, black, horror)
5
drab(adjective, dull, flat, dark, gloomy)
5
dull(adjective, light, soft, flat, poor)
5
eldritch(adjective, bad, awful, fear, disgusting)
5
evil(adjective, black, endured, baleful, bodeful)
5
faint(adjective, dull, light, soft, poor)
5
flagrant(adjective, strange, horrible, horror, scary)
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