3
musty(adjective, strong, sharp, offensive, unpleasant)
3
off-putting(adjective, terrible, dirty, badly, scary)
3
piquant(adjective, sharp, unpleasant, bitter, sour)
3
plain(adjective, dull, weak, flat, boring)
3
pungent(adjective, strong, sharp, offensive, unpleasant)
3
shifty(adjective, nasty, unpleasant, disagreeable, distasteful)
3
squalid(adjective, mean, awful, terrible, dirty)
3
strong(adjective, offensive, sweet, foul, rotten)
3
suspicious
3
tart(adjective, sharp, nasty, unpleasant, disagreeable)
3
tough(adjective, nasty, unpleasant, disagreeable, distasteful)
3
unethical
3
ungracious(adjective, awful, terrible, dirty, horrible)
3
unlovely(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, yuck)
3
vinegary(adjective, sharp, unpleasant, terrible, dirty)
2
repelling
2
abhorrent(offensive, unpleasant, disgusting, painful, tasteless)
2
acid(adjective, sharp, nasty, unpleasant, disagreeable)
2
amoral
2
annoying(verb, adjective, person, offensive, unpleasant)
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