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114 entries under unpleasant topic. ×
| menacing(adjective, horrible, disagreeable, dreadful) | |
| ominous(adjective, mean, bad, wrong, evil) | |
| pettish(adjective, hurt, difficult, delicate, cross) | |
| pugnacious(adjective, mean, rough, nasty, dark) | |
| shocking(adjective, horrible, disagreeable, ugly) | |
| sinister(adjective, mean, bad, wrong, evil) | |
| vile(adjective, mean, bad, wrong, evil) | |
| violent(adjective, horrible, hostile, disagreeable) | |
| base(adjective, rude, coarse, polite) | |
| catty(adjective, mean, nasty, unfriendly) | |
| difficult(adjective, tough, harsh, rude) | |
| disputatious(adjective, difficult, cross, rude) | |
| malicious(adjective, mean, bad, wrong, evil) | |
| offensive(adjective, rude, horrible, irritable) | |
| out of sorts(expression, adjective, idiom, upset, mean) | |
| threatening(adjective, mean, bad, wrong, evil) | |
| uptight(adjective, upset, difficult, delicate, rude) | |
| wicked(adjective, mean, bad, wrong, evil) | |
| dangerous(adjective, horrible, disagreeable, dreadful) | |
| dirty(adjective, mean, nasty, horrible) |
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