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  • 71revolting — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. disgusting, repellent, loathsome, repulsive. See uncleanness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. disgusting, loathsome, repulsive; see offensive 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. disgusting, repulsive …

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  • 72unpleasant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. disagreeable, offensive, displeasing, unpleasing, bad, nasty, sickening; noisome; unattractive, unsatisfactory; surly, unfriendly. See discourtesy, unsavoriness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not… …

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  • 73vile — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. base, debased, low, lowly, mean; repulsive, odious; foul, nasty; paltry; evil, villainous, corrupt, wicked, depraved. See badness, disrepute, unimportance. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. despicable,… …

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  • 74nauseating — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. sickening, repulsive, disgusting; see offensive 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. see nauseous III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Extremely unpleasant to the senses or feelings: atrocious, disgusting, foul, horrid …

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  • 75nauseous — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Sick] Syn. queasy, ill, squeamish, nauseated; see sick . 2. [Disgusting] Syn. revolting, loathsome, nauseating, sickening; see offensive 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. nauseating, unsettling, sickening, revolting,… …

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  • 76repulsive — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Disgusting] Syn. repugnant, odious, forbidding, horrid; see offensive 2 . 2. [Capable of repelling] Syn. resistant, repellent, offensive, unyielding, stubborn, opposing, retaliating, insurgent, counteracting, attacking,… …

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  • 77Unsavoriness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Unsavoriness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 unsavoriness unsavoriness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 amaritude amaritude Sgm: N 1 acrimony acrimony acridity Sgm: N 1 roughness roughness &c.(sour) 397 Sgm: N …

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  • 78Painfulness — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Capability of giving pain PARAG:Painfulness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 painfulness painfulness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 trouble trouble care &c.(pain) 828 Sgm: N 1 trial trial Sgm: N 1 affliction affliction infliction …

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  • 79sicken — (v.) c.1200, to become sick, originally the verb was simply sick (mid 12c.), from SICK (Cf. sick) (adj.) + EN (Cf. en) (1). Transf. sense of to make sick is recorded from 1690s. Related: Sickened; SICKENING (Cf. sickening) …

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  • 80sicken — verb 1 (T) to make you feel shocked and angry, especially because you strongly disapprove of something: The idea of organized dog fights sickens me. | All decent people should be sickened by such a pointless waste of lives. 2 be sickening for… …

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