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unappetizing(adjective, dull, bad, nasty, offensive)
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grisly(adjective, bad, nasty, unpleasant, awful)
12
creepy(adjective, bad, nasty, informal, dislike)
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monstrous(adjective, evil, nasty, offensive, awful)
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unpalatable(adjective, nasty, offensive, unpleasant, awful)
12
unsavoury(adjective, taste, awful, terrible, horrible)
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adverse(adjective, bad, disgusting, reverse, hostile)
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evil(adjective, blue, evil, nasty, offensive)
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fulsome(adjective, dislike, awful, terrible, horrible)
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obscene(adjective, bad, blue, offensive, loose)
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rotten(adjective, good, nasty, offensive, unpleasant)
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unsavory(verb, adjective, person, nasty, offensive)
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beastly(adjective, nasty, offensive, awful, terrible)
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contemptible(adjective, good, evil, offensive, base)
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unspeakable(adjective, bad, taste, awful, terrible)
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base(adjective, evil, vile, wretched, depraved)
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conflicting(adjective, bad, hostile, unfriendly, antagonistic)
9
contradictory(adjective, bad, disgusting, hostile, unfriendly)
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fetid(adjective, offensive, foul, disgusting, rotten)
9
gross(adjective, bad, blue, nasty, offensive)
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