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What is another word for
grim
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Very serious or gloomy in expression or demeanor
Horrifying or terrifying to the senses
Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding
Unrelentingly harsh
Determined and unrelenting in one's resolve
Lacking genuine levity or mirth
Lacking in health or wellbeing
Of low or poor quality
Without pity or compassion
Disturbing in nature due to references to death or dying
Not easy to please or satisfy
Harshly sarcastic or satirical in nature
(
of a person
)
Lacking sophistication or refinement
Resembling a squawk
Looking exhausted, stressed, or poor in condition
To a total, utter or complete degree
Unpleasant or offensive due to being dirty or slovenly
Consumed by stress, worry or anxiety
Plain, unembellished and straight to the point, often uncomfortably so
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Adjective
▲
Very serious or gloomy in expression or demeanor
fierce
stern
ferocious
forbidding
dour
severe
flinty
steely
uninviting
aloof
distant
formidable
hard
serious
sullen
surly
unapproachable
churlish
crabbed
glum
somber
US
sombre
UK
sour
stony
strict
threatening
austere
cross
fell
grave
gruff
grumpy
intimidating
louring
lowering
menacing
savage
sinister
solemn
stark
stiff
ungentle
unsmiling
bleak
harsh
morose
resolute
scowling
sulky
cantankerous
crusty
glowering
gray
US
grey
UK
grouchy
splenetic
truculent
vicious
bad-tempered
ill-tempered
mean-looking
boot-faced
rough
rugged
frowning
unfriendly
sober
humourless
UK
humorless
US
sedate
staid
no-nonsense
sobersided
gloomy
cheerless
brooding
earnest
deadpan
disapproving
po-faced
unhumorous
cold
long-faced
poker-faced
frightening
fiery
intense
stony-faced
saturnine
crabby
moody
joyless
fearsome
grim-faced
weighty
unsympathetic
icy
frosty
frigid
angry
uncomic
quiet
bitter
dreary
venomous
dark
inhospitable
dismal
downbeat
serious-minded
subdued
uncommunicative
straight-faced
unrestrained
callous
fiendish
frightful
pitiless
cutthroat
beastly
unfeeling
horrible
hellish
bestial
testy
melancholic
dejected
stringent
ugly
irritable
impassive
expressionless
hard-faced
strait-laced
aggrieved
indignant
blank
enraged
temperamental
aggravated
hostile
aggressive
unplayful
ill-humored
US
funereal
leaden
sage
dignified
ill-humoured
UK
thoughtful
ponderous
muted
sad
strictly business
cold sober
stone-faced
overbearing
unpleasant
wicked
implacable
tight-lipped
terrifying
cranky
dyspeptic
scary
furious
bilious
foreboding
ominous
disagreeable
bearish
acid
unappeasable
mortified
critical
mean
ornery
grum
formal
reserved
businesslike
unemotional
chilly
stuffy
douce
puritanical
bound and determined
resolved
composed
remote
quarrelsome
minatory
dull
minacious
cast-iron
obstinate
pokerfaced
intimidatory
spiteful
ill-natured
mean-spirited
terrorizing
US
terrorising
UK
piqued
annoyed
vexed
exasperated
displeased
irate
irked
irritated
tetchy
irascible
vitriolic
pouting
narky
ratty
pouty
stroppy
shirty
mopey
evil-intentioned
hate-filled
huffy
more ❯
“He had dark circles under his eyes and a
grim
expression on his face.”
Adjective
▲
Horrifying or terrifying to the senses
ghastly
horrible
shocking
terrible
dire
appalling
awful
dreadful
frightful
gruesome
hideous
horrid
atrocious
forbidding
godawful
grisly
harrowing
harsh
horrendous
horrific
revolting
severe
unspeakable
disgusting
distressing
gory
macabre
morbid
sinister
unpleasant
upsetting
concerning
disagreeable
repugnant
worrying
distasteful
horrifying
frightening
monstrous
terrifying
nightmarish
lurid
loathsome
fearful
alarming
daunting
spine-chilling
bad
abominable
scary
fearsome
grievous
grave
wretched
sickening
savage
eerie
grotesque
brutal
vile
hellacious
sombre
UK
somber
US
miserable
intimidating
repulsive
nasty
terrific
dark
formidable
spooky
bleak
cruel
dismal
disturbing
disquieting
hair-raising
direful
chilling
execrable
foul
offensive
abhorrent
nightmare
grewsome
repellent
agonizing
US
odious
unnerving
objectionable
fierce
disconcerting
torturous
traumatic
sick
rotten
gloomy
unsettling
sad
ominous
lousy
painful
agonising
UK
redoubtable
unpalatable
discomforting
bloody
excruciating
troubling
solemn
woeful
troublesome
irksome
menacing
bitter
distressful
serious
petrifying
threatening
gross
hard
hostile
depressing
tormenting
murderous
perturbing
hairy
ugly
uncomfortable
agitating
vicious
worrisome
dread
funereal
ferocious
outrageous
displeasing
stressful
bloodthirsty
unfortunate
sepulchral
ghoulish
sober
detestable
doleful
creepy
hateful
galling
from hell
poor
nauseating
foreboding
tragic
morose
spookish
diabolical
abysmal
ghostly
difficult
heinous
beastly
violent
tough
troublous
off-putting
disheartening
fraught
sanguinary
bloodcurdling
inhospitable
deplorable
hellish
tragical
gut-churning
uninviting
mean
egregious
twisted
heartbreaking
afflictive
critical
lamentable
unbearable
sedate
extreme
ruthless
hurtful
insufferable
shadowy
weird
baleful
vexatious
stark
unpleasing
sick-making
unwelcome
dreary
intense
sullen
pitiless
disgustful
spine-tingling
black
merciless
startling
cold
scaring
despicable
bodeful
contemptible
unappealing
heavy
intolerable
humourless
UK
humorless
US
sanguine
regrettable
calamitous
dismaying
God-awful
parlous
dangerous
unearthly
unlovely
oppressed
evil
unattractive
sour
searing
murky
homicidal
unsightly
unsavory
US
yucky
grody
scandalous
melancholy
death-obsessed
perverted
unrelenting
afflicting
cheerless
unsavoury
UK
deathly
disastrous
inhuman
unhealthy
unwelcoming
bloody-minded
gut-wrenching
drear
tenebrous
discouraging
devilish
undesirable
oppressing
desolate
sobering
bloodletting
saddening
murdering
acute
unforgivable
rough
loathly
sanguineous
unpardonable
blood-and-guts
mortifying
austere
heartrending
rugged
unfriendly
slaughterous
nauseous
impoverished
unendurable
dour
unacceptable
reprehensible
inauspicious
onerous
poignant
obnoxious
oppressive
glowering
pathetic
overwhelming
chronic
butcherous
yukky
unhappy
crummy
obscene
urgent
stinking
heart-rending
hopeless
repellant
rigorous
diabolic
very bad
weighty
melancholic
dispirited
depressive
life-threatening
far-reaching
unpretty
unhandsome
unwholesome
unbeautiful
mirthless
gray
US
mournful
bestial
shameful
misshapen
sickly
sadistic
grey
UK
desperate
piercing
tremendous
disgraceful
astounding
fell
blood-and-thunder
discomposing
abject
comfortless
uncomely
pitiable
wicked
terrorizing
US
racking
sharp
angry
reptilian
barbarous
iniquitous
raging
perverse
burning
penetrating
terrorising
UK
blistering
unsatisfactory
base
villainous
dreaded
significant
ill-favored
US
arduous
huckery
strong
perilous
big
noxious
considerable
ill-favoured
UK
poverty-stricken
punishing
annoying
stormy
icky
trying
burdensome
relentless
stiff
consuming
cutting
as ugly as sin
uncongenial
excessive
criminal
shuddersome
opprobrious
intensive
cruddy
cutthroat
blood-curdling
turbulent
malevolent
volatile
messed up
remorseless
strenuous
nerve-racking
nerve-wracking
unapproachable
tumultuous
unappetizing
untempting
unhospitable
joyless
bone-chilling
demoralizing
US
bothersome
discommoding
unfavorable
US
unfavourable
UK
vexing
eery
adverse
unenticing
gnarly
glum
drab
lugubrious
dingy
Kafkaesque
nightmarey
phantasmagorical
demoralising
UK
shady
crippling
punitive
screwed up
sorry
inexcusable
grueling
US
biting
repressive
noisome
inconvenient
punk
blood-stained
consequential
major
indescribable
precarious
eldritch
causing fear
earnest
rancid
phobic
irritating
hardhanded
wrenching
stinging
caustic
fugly
freaky
homely
misproportioned
abnormal
awesome
imposing
taxing
sore
great
deadly
warlike
senseless
inglorious
preposterous
inconceivable
unbelievable
exacting
uncool
grotty
awkward
affecting
intemperate
provoking
inclement
pounding
gruelling
UK
unsparing
unimaginable
nefarious
ridiculous
unconscionable
indefensible
fulsome
unnatural
anguished
sorrowful
infamous
substandard
grubby
cheap
scummy
scurvy
lame
inadequate
dirty
sneaking
inferior
pitiful
ratty
scabby
paltry
ineffable
unutterable
accursed
sleazy
cursed
damnable
revulsive
like the back end of a bus
tortuous
scabrous
stringent
hard-hearted
fiendish
insupportable
ignominious
discreditable
inexpressible
warped
sinful
infernal
preternatural
undefinable
beyond words
cut-throat
unjustifiable
immoral
disreputable
involving bloodshed
hard-fought
crushing
indescribably bad
beyond description
indescribably wicked
indescribably evil
barbaric
depraved
ungodly
brooding
unsound
maleficent
aberrant
unusual
deformed
nail-biting
heart-breaking
extremely bad
disfigured
flagitious
unprincipled
brutish
plain-featured
flagrant
plain-looking
too horrible for words
unprepossessing
plain
beyond contempt
corrupt
unrighteous
unlawful
unholy
unethical
heartless
knavish
degenerate
dastardly
irretrievable
brute
callous
underhanded
miscreant
putrid
treacherous
inhumane
butcherly
repelling
debased
reprobate
profligate
unseemly
black-hearted
devastating
cold-blooded
demoralised
UK
abandoned
destructive
demoralized
US
bad-looking
short on looks
hard-favoured
hard-featured
profound
shooting
stabbing
exquisite
deep
vehement
almighty
powerful
explosive
furious
peracute
concentrated
heightened
overpowering
shrill
sudden
heavy-duty
dispiriting
yucko
skanky
bogging
sordid
malodorous
fetid
US
filthy
mephitic
vomitous
stomach-turning
stomach-churning
vomit-inducing
rank
foetid
UK
rebarbative
festy
smelly
beyond the pale
on the nose
stinky
niffy
invidious
funky
olid
evil-smelling
foul-smelling
pongy
whiffy
miasmal
rubbish
shabby
dislikeable
dislikable
acrid
worthless
cringe-making
exceptionable
dishonorable
US
confounded
low
pestilential
very unpleasant
squalid
dishonourable
UK
pesky
pestiferous
grungy
bum
sucky
no-good
low-down
ignoble
blasted
unworthy
poisonous
pits
brackish
emetic
polluted
wrong
ornery
vulgar
snide
unclean
uncleanly
soiled
mediocre
mucky
grimy
poison
laughable
raunchy
slimy
pants
yecchy
rubbishy
godforsaken
low-minded
dirty rotten
second-rate
unscrupulous
infuriating
exasperating
despisable
disdainable
unadorable
uncaptivating
censurable
deuced
danged
doggone
hated
reeking
freaking
stupefying
goddamned
cussed
off-colour
UK
heartstopping
darn
doggoned
hateable
stunning
astonishing
bewildering
amazing
staggering
durn
off-color
US
dang
deficient
surprising
unlikable
trashy
darned
durned
glaring
wanting
smudged
bedraggled
stained
besmirched
befouled
smutty
blackened
sullied
bemired
dusty
draggled
muddy
begrimed
cotton-picking
scuzzy
currish
beneath contempt
below contempt
low-life
disappointing
low-grade
catastrophic
rueful
god-awful
cut-rate
third-rate
low-quality
poxy
shoddy
very disgusting
a load of pants
messy
catty
detested
despised
harmful
execrated
piteous
untold
embarrassing
loathed
offending
illegal
abominated
reviled
deleterious
pernicious
injurious
mischievous
maddening
undescribable
tainted
diseased
terribly bad
blithering
pill
heel
baneful
bilious
chunderous
insalutary
unlovable
tasteless
drag
pain
woozy
rocky
flaming
crying
lewd
suffocating
squicky
cloying
surfeiting
degrading
caitiff
scungy
reeky
curst
high
musty
stenchy
fusty
eye-watering
accurst
frowzy
frowsy
miasmic
frowsty
for the birds
to be avoided
strictly for the birds
out of place
useless
measly
footling
pigpen
ripe
duff
blimming
nagging
feeble
stupid
blankety-blank
garbage
inept
absurd
ludicrous
foolish-looking
silly
derisory
cataclysmic
under par
less-than-stellar
poor-quality
second-class
below par
sub-par
two-bit
dilapidated
subpar
bush
crumby
suboptimal
junky
dissatisfactory
common
schlock
inimical
reproachable
flimsy
shlocky
wack
faulty
schlocky
gimcrack
off
cheapjack
cheesy
seedy
shlock
weak
coarse
trumpery
condemnable
reprovable
hateworthy
run down
bush-league
low-rent
el cheapo
bargain-basement
down at heel
more than one can bear
more than flesh and blood can stand
more ❯
“The
grim
discovery of a dead man in a Govan flat was one of the most sensational murders Glasgow has known.”
Adjective
▲
Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding
bleak
depressing
dismal
dreary
cheerless
comfortless
gloomy
joyless
dingy
disheartening
hopeless
miserable
somber
US
sombre
UK
wretched
drab
uninviting
foreboding
funereal
ominous
God-awful
desolate
glum
dire
sad
dark
morose
solemn
forlorn
drear
depressive
sullen
disconsolate
melancholy
lugubrious
morbid
black
unhappy
doleful
cold
mournful
godforsaken
woeful
gray
US
sepulchral
tenebrous
grey
UK
elegiac
saturnine
elegiacal
tenebrific
discouraging
plutonian
dispiriting
dreich
chill
Cimmerian
depressed
lonely
darkening
lonesome
melancholic
murky
unfortunate
austere
sorry
dreadful
sunless
sorrowful
unfavourable
UK
unfavorable
US
dour
distressing
blue
severe
grave
bad
tragic
despondent
cloudy
inauspicious
inhospitable
heartbreaking
terrible
forbidding
unpleasant
dejected
pessimistic
unpropitious
heartrending
oppressive
harrowing
lamentable
worrying
bitter
sinister
grievous
harsh
upsetting
stark
dolorous
dull
woebegone
saddening
pathetic
disagreeable
awful
down
unwelcoming
crestfallen
direful
hostile
troublesome
dispirited
sedate
unpromising
dangerous
difficult
downcast
hard
downhearted
serious
adverse
threatening
appalling
humourless
UK
humorless
US
tough
dim
uncomfortable
sober
menacing
low
disappointing
abject
down in the mouth
down in the dumps
distressful
unlucky
tearful
mirthless
moody
cast down
troubled
horrible
rueful
low-spirited
regrettable
disastrous
catastrophic
calamitous
poor
downbeat
painful
traumatic
distressed
bare
ghastly
piteous
negative
portentous
agonizing
US
shocking
pitiful
disturbing
deplorable
dejecting
cataclysmic
earnest
heartbroken
inconsolable
hurting
heart-rending
in the dumps
spiritless
agonising
UK
teary
ill-fated
stern
heavy-hearted
daunting
unwelcome
pitiable
staid
doomy
horrific
nasty
saddened
devastating
ill-boding
hangdog
heartsick
troubling
perilous
heavyhearted
brokenhearted
heartsore
droopy
weighty
institutional
defeatist
wintry
US
jarring
despairing
baleful
wintery
UK
unamusing
excruciating
discomforting
alarming
unnerving
heavy
lachrymose
nightmarish
apocalyptic
displeasing
ruinous
crushing
ill
disadvantageous
exacting
dragged
clinical
horrid
frightful
impersonal
unsmiling
horrendous
frightening
brooding
off-putting
abhorrent
parlous
mourning
in pain
bummed out
down and out
torn up
macabre
no-nonsense
disconcerting
boring
dismaying
perturbing
unfriendly
wistful
tormenting
destructive
stressful
hurtful
long-faced
demoralizing
US
afflicting
drearisome
irksome
disquieting
destroyed
poignant
demoralising
UK
bleeding
anguished
shadowy
tragical
minatory
fed up
vexing
bland
unkind
bodeful
in a blue funk
cruel
exigent
draggy
mopey
galling
foul
Eeyorish
heinous
baneful
fateful
gruesome
afflicted
discommodious
objectionable
execrable
atrocious
pensive
uncomic
rotten
ugly
lousy
chilling
gut-wrenching
detestable
down-and-out
discouraged
broken-hearted
crummy
cynical
ill-omened
weeping
ripped
in low spirits
rough
in the doldrums
dry
cast-down
in the pits
on a downer
fatalistic
taken down
low-down
let down
in the toilet
trying
taxing
gloom-ridden
intense
frustrating
afflictive
vexatious
torturous
discomposing
dolesome
distasteful
straight
sour
tedious
fearsome
fierce
intimidating
squalid
intimidatory
glowering
sordid
sorrowing
alarmist
chilly
horrifying
sourpuss
muted
subdued
heart-wrenching
abominable
unpalatable
aggravating
uncongenial
unpleasing
lowering
stony-faced
poker-faced
filthy
loury
grief-stricken
inferior
injurious
hellish
loathsome
minacious
cataclysmal
heart-breaking
indigent
scungy
impoverished
untoward
fatal
monstrous
dysphoric
deadly
tear-jerking
lamenting
dirge-like
tristful
colorless
US
colourless
UK
serious-minded
sunk in gloom
hard-pressed
very bad
dirgelike
chap-fallen
straitened
lurid
heavy-going
ill-starred
lacklustre
UK
deep
tortured
harmful
undesirable
unexciting
full of hardship
blah
uninteresting
doubtful
uninspiring
strained
monotonous
treacherous
lackluster
US
pressing
precarious
lifeless
messy
jeopardous
rocky
humdrum
pained
stony
spartan
unforgiving
demoralized
US
disenchanting
sickening
grieving
suspicious
distrustful
doubting
moving
unenthusiastic
demoralised
UK
devastated
scurvy
intolerable
derisible
plangent
mortifying
key
rugged
barren
regretful
churlish
maudlin
testing
terrifying
ferocious
chapfallen
hideous
grumpy
trashy
shoddy
exequial
deathlike
funebrial
lethal
irritable
bewildering
sorry for yourself
untimely
quiet
underlined
acheronian
acherontic
feel-bad
mortal
upset
oppressed
disheartened
destitute
derisory
doom and gloom
desperate
premonitory
daunted
down-in-the-mouth
shot down
unsuited
out of sorts
let-down
not happy
given to looking on the black side
looking on the black side
grisly
deathly
cold sober
very sad
emo
weighed down
low in spirits
inconvenient
inopportune
infelicitous
urgent
critical
mephitical
repellant
repellent
annoying
perplexing
revulsive
irritating
repugnant
dystopian
sinistrous
precursive
augural
malificent
warning
doomful
presaging
malign
impending
suggestive
prophetic
clouded
prescient
doomed
malefic
haunting
fearful
poverty-stricken
inapt
unsuitable
inappropriate
unseasonable
sobering
strenuous
acute
far-reaching
gaunt
hair-raising
anti-utopian
ill-suited
evil
thunderous
lowery
plaintive
nostalgic
unsettling
worrisome
troublous
agitating
nagging
confronting
nerve-racking
nail-biting
nerve-wracking
more ❯
“It is a
grim
story about an aspiring scriptwriter who becomes involved in a triangle involving a young would-be starlet and her sister, a singer.”
Adjective
▲
Unrelentingly harsh
cruel
bitter
grievous
hard
harsh
merciless
onerous
oppressive
pitiless
rough
rugged
tough
trying
excruciating
heavy
murderous
ruthless
savage
searing
severe
wretched
brutal
burdensome
stiff
vicious
barbarous
hardhanded
inhuman
unkind
difficult
taxing
punishing
exacting
rigorous
challenging
demanding
arduous
troublesome
harrowing
unpleasant
stressful
crushing
forbidding
gruelling
UK
austere
hostile
strenuous
grueling
US
weighty
bleak
toilsome
laborious
backbreaking
tortuous
bothersome
hellish
wearing
exhausting
intolerable
distressing
testing
worrying
unforgiving
tedious
wearisome
stringent
awful
torturous
disagreeable
dire
tiring
sticky
bad
back-breaking
formidable
uphill
irksome
fatiguing
intense
spartan
thorny
unbearable
agonizing
US
draining
moiling
grinding
killer
unfriendly
agonising
UK
inhospitable
hellacious
extreme
vexatious
crippling
wearying
galling
uncomfortable
herculean
unrelenting
sweaty
excessive
fierce
effortful
hairy
sapping
fraught
tricky
problematic
troubling
strict
daunting
bruising
ponderous
unendurable
painstaking
ambitious
discomforting
hazardous
killing
unsparing
solemn
Herculean
tall
painful
operose
nerve-racking
comfortless
dark
perilous
draconian
awkward
punitive
drastic
traumatic
ominous
tight
frustrating
pressured
worrisome
vexing
upsetting
disturbing
exasperating
exigent
mighty
insufferable
impossible
colossal
torturesome
terrible
prohibitive
titanic
serious
scabrous
debilitating
grave
straitened
tiresome
toilful
cumbersome
knackering
upstream
vigorous
intimidating
gargantuan
unyielding
jarring
distressful
high-pressure
shattering
depleting
energy-consuming
exorbitant
immoderate
hefty
tense
rough going
inclement
intemperate
forceful
unmerciful
steep
anxious
tumultuous
wild
prickly
delicate
strong
enervating
critical
dangerous
knotty
agitating
hectic
inexorable
persnickety
stern
biting
problematical
dodgy
iffy
ticklish
precarious
chancy
concerning
imperious
relentless
dubious
suspect
questionable
backbreaker
dicey
easier said than done
slavish
hard-won
drudgy
labored
US
immense
no picnic
marathon
difficile
laboured
UK
unnerving
anxiety-ridden
unremitting
really hard
tough going
problem
tormenting
not easy
staggering
worksome
very hard
ferocious
almighty
gigantic
uphill battle
uncharitable
heavy-handed
domineering
tyrannical
stark
unreasonable
abusive
fell
Spartan
bare-bones
overwhelming
barren
desolate
unfair
sombre
UK
somber
US
aggravating
intensive
stormy
turbulent
tempestuous
unjust
pestilent
violent
controversial
sensitive
desperate
Draconian
radical
a stinker of a
firm
rigid
pressing
disastrous
sober
calamitous
high-impact
like getting blood out of a stone
inflexible
uncompromising
punitory
time-consuming
Augean
pick-and-shovel
undue
inordinate
emotionally draining
overweening
towering
unconscionable
swingeing
sharp
hardheaded
intractable
overdue
insane
plethoric
baroque
overextravagant
extravagant
overmuch
headstrong
devilish
robust
great
inconvenient
carking
superincumbent
a nuisance
an imposition
threatening
sinister
dour
unfavorable
US
unfavourable
UK
adverse
dismal
inauspicious
horrible
horrendous
horrifying
direful
dreadful
injurious
cheerless
miserable
morbid
objectionable
nightmarish
parlous
treacherous
woeful
poor
execrable
rotten
unpalatable
abominable
unsettling
horrific
appalling
disconcerting
atrocious
foul
horrid
more ❯
“The residents of Iron City lived and worked in
grim
conditions while dreaming of a life in the aerial city of Zalem.”
Adjective
▲
Determined and unrelenting in one's resolve
resolute
determined
firm
steadfast
obdurate
obstinate
dogged
stubborn
uncompromising
unwavering
unyielding
adamant
decided
inflexible
intractable
relentless
unbending
unfaltering
unrelenting
unshakeable
inexorable
persistent
tenacious
unflinching
implacable
dead set
unappeasable
strong-willed
unswerving
staunch
fixed
single-minded
intransigent
pertinacious
persevering
rigid
untiring
unshakable
steady
hard
headstrong
bullheaded
adamantine
tough
unflagging
gritty
steely
unshaken
indefatigable
wilful
perverse
committed
willful
undaunted
unstoppable
mulish
set
opinionated
purposeful
immovable
undeviating
refractory
indurate
pigheaded
strong
hardheaded
insistent
bold
gutsy
uncompliant
iron
unmovable
unbendable
stiff-necked
unremitting
self-willed
stalwart
hardline
tireless
intent
dedicated
unpersuadable
recalcitrant
hardened
assertive
contumacious
resolved
forceful
perseverant
hard-line
iron-fisted
unmanageable
balky
incompliant
ruthless
remorseless
zealous
rebellious
hearty
cussed
vigorous
constant
insubordinate
sturdy
courageous
fanatical
unreasonable
emphatic
cantankerous
stiff
untoward
brassbound
hanging tough
hardcore
ornery
mule
dead set on
stout-hearted
set in one's ways
die-hard
driven
unswervable
harsh
severe
rigorous
earnest
stringent
stern
unhesitating
dour
oppressive
authoritarian
draconian
strong-minded
forbidding
disciplinary
illiberal
picky
uptight
purposive
exacting
deliberate
unfailing
spirited
puritanical
invariable
brave
focused
US
perseverative
manful
plucky
stout
solid
bulldog
indomitable
patient
strenuous
unflappable
unpermissive
stuffy
unadaptable
four-square
fierce
unsparing
wholehearted
laborious
focussed
UK
mettlesome
serious
valiant
unchanging
rock-ribbed
compulsive
full of determination
spunky
meaning business
true
cast-iron
no-nonsense
heavy-handed
assiduous
aggressive
sedulous
lusty
strict
fiery
bound
bitter
stony
unquenchable
furious
ferocious
burning
granite
never-tiring
never give up
tough nut
unshrinking
unabated
fearless
immoveable
unblinking
pounding
unintimidated
bound and determined
brick-wall
hard-headed
ossified
pat
inconvincible
uncooperative
unmalleable
diehard
merciless
unswayable
renitent
durable
hard-nosed
self-opinionated
iron-willed
bloody-minded
hard-core
hard and fast
not giving an inch
locked in
energetic
active
keen
intense
feisty
diligent
enthusiastic
eager
industrious
decisive
vehement
dynamic
ardent
settled
sure
lionhearted
ambitious
doughty
bent
pushy
definite
intrepid
passionate
enterprising
certain
motivated
enduring
audacious
hardy
confident
devoted
dauntless
powerful
resounding
bent on
game
conscientious
all-out
heroic
intensive
full-blooded
avid
positive
established
go-getting
bent upon
obsessed
bull-headed
ballsy
resilient
hell-bent
importunate
unqualified
daring
faithful
hard-driving
domineering
in-your-face
aspiring
self-assertive
militant
impassioned
potent
violent
high-spirited
absolute
muscular
valorous
concentrated
inveterate
gallant
dominant
hard-hitting
explicit
forcible
demanding
dyed-in-the-wool
unwearied
do-or-die
punchy
commanding
inexhaustible
never-failing
set in stone
hell-bent on
nervy
weariless
hell-bent upon
rugged
self-confident
abiding
precise
high-powered
unchangeable
immutable
defined
obsessive
hard-working
stubborn as a mule
bullish
assured
concerted
self-starting
contrary
categorical
hungry
goal-oriented
determinate
pushing
painstaking
desirous
have-a-go
unvacillating
thirsty
incessant
self-driven
driving
loyal
out
robust
set on
fervent
ironclad
exact
adventurous
Herculean
unalterable
express
sincere
persisting
fixated
competitive
authoritative
inspired
deep
dashing
pulling no punches
regular
striving
unafraid
pig-headed
confirmed
self-assured
genuine
sustained
outright
self-possessed
hard-and-fast
tough-minded
unceasing
specified
as game as Ned Kelly
go-ahead
rooted
final
unwearying
careful
occupied
thorough
extreme
conclusive
self-seeking
imperious
total
defiant
hard as nails
animated
lively
unrestrained
unquestioning
definitive
monomaniacal
pressing
unsentimental
responsible
busy
formidable
stable
flat
inexpugnable
unconditional
studious
entrenched
stouthearted
unfluctuating
good
bolshie
meticulous
sprightly
gung ho
self-asserting
brisk
mean
heroical
unaccommodating
thrawn
narrow
can-do
radical
greathearted
in earnest
undauntable
gutty
difficult
gladiatorial
warlike
eager beaver
unequivocal
go-go
consistent
red-blooded
scrupulous
lion-hearted
intent on
specific
stop at nothing
two-fisted
deep-dyed
trusty
concrete
clamorous
persuasive
scrappy
detailed
reliable
dogmatic
bossy
unvarying
cross-grained
distinct
hell bent on
searching
determined to
entreating
limited
absorbed
engrossed
insistent on
complete
standing one's ground
continuous
high-octane
exigent
methodical
effective
attentive
committed to the idea of
deaf to reason
grind
hyper
urgent
engaged
unstinting
consumed
compelled
preoccupied
concentrating
brassy
immersed
fervid
possessed
sagacious
blunt
uncontrolled
unbridled
undeterred
undivided
hellbent
galvanized
US
impelled
desperate
full
unstinted
peppy
wild
irrepressible
bustling
true-blue
tried
tried-and-true
unreserved
unmitigated
perky
hardworking
thoroughgoing
dependable
induced
obsessional
clamant
frozen
vital
entire
cocksure
awkward
zippy
unlimited
utter
bouncy
cruel
peppery
pushed
steered
guided
impulsive
besetting
galvanised
UK
pitiless
combative
intrenched
opinionative
resourceful
unmoved
peremptory
unalloyed
unadulterated
ball of fire
snappy
gingery
sound
doctrinaire
pervicacious
contentious
clear
hidebound
zesty
whole-hearted
heartfelt
alert
cutthroat
hopping
truculent
trustworthy
close
honest
on the go
froward
unforgiving
downright
well-founded
secure
bloodthirsty
prescribed
inalterable
wrapped up
racy
particular
progressive
pioneering
unfearful
undismayed
mean business
stroppy
all out
dire
manly
full-on
hopeful
tough nut to crack
venturous
spartan
stipulated
not backward in coming forward
irreversible
overbearing
out-and-out
even
uniform
calculable
frisky
with a will of one's own
as stubborn as a mule
determined to have one's own way
standing pat
flat-out
thick-skinned
narrow-minded
dug in
changeless
urged on
stand pat
trustable
antagonistic
sticking to one's guns
austere
full of life
invariant
full of spirit
well defined
wrong-headed
full of get-up-and-go
get up and go
clearly defined
power-hungry
high-reaching
tried and true
deep-rooted
in the bag
toughened
on one's mettle
having killer instinct
long-standing
deep-seated
serious-minded
writ in stone
cut-and-dried
bred-in-the-bone
power-loving
tried and tested
realistic
influential
convincing
compelling
devout
firmly-based
professional
repeated
imposing
not joking
forward
controlling
hardboiled
buckled down
stanch
steely-eyed
perpetual
unassailable
untameable
restive
manic
restless
ever-enduring
collected
composed
ever-abiding
sworn
pious
mullish
poised
jumping
invincible
sporting
elaborate
fast
uninfluenced
resistant
unconquerable
unending
unretiring
pleading
noncompliant
observant
extensive
unbudgeable
hardass
sweeping
great
iron-jawed
storming
proactive
unsinkable
all
exclusive
enrapt
whole
undiscouraged
self-reliant
sticky
direct
unimpressible
beseeching
begging
independent
perceptive
take charge
self-motivated
impertinent
bullhead
uncompassionate
unemotional
effectual
non-compliant
minute
unsurpassable
invulnerable
unquestioned
undoubting
cool-headed
impassive
disobedient
ungovernable
wayward
pontifical
unimpressionable
watchful
widespread
permanent
blinkered
cohesive
indelible
ingrained
irremovable
firm in spirit
mettled
possessive
opinioned
single-minded about
firm about
resolute about
nose to grindstone
chivalrous
riveted
obstructive
unhelpful
heady
unbreakable
fit
macho
determinative
involved
cold fish
proof against persuasion
frightless
daredevil
prejudiced
keen as mustard
careerist
prevailing
seasoned
convinced
literal
in for long haul
going
in place
in position
thrusting
cynical
stony-hearted
bigoted
action-oriented
enthralled
undefeated
brutal
operose
temerarious
self-learning
undefeatable
set in your ways
unflexible
crisp
straight
venturesome
adventuresome
hard-shell
locked-in
clear-sighted
straight out
pushful
swashbuckling
set in concrete
static
ramrod
unplacatable
unmollifiable
unpacifiable
meaning what one says
necessary
Ramboesque
hard-bitten
orped
unfearing
like bad penny
resolved to
agreed
intent upon
impavid
obsessive about
inflexible about
fixated on
fanatical about
tall in the saddle
unmoving
on task
disobliging
trying
exasperating
high-energy
impatient
imperative
crying
reiterative
monotonous
arranged
preset
cut-throat
do or die
hold the fort
hold your ground
hold the line
iron-handed
decided upon
strait-laced
not discouraged
fire-eating
knightly
not put off
cool
predetermined
allotted
prearranged
calculated
emulous
through-and-through
real
unambiguous
insistent about
working
quantified
with one's feet dug in
with one's toes dug in
intensely competitive
fiercely competitive
dog-eat-dog
hang-tough
high-pressure
go for broke
concerned with
like a ball of fire
clear-cut
on the make
career-minded
black-and-white
desiring success
decreed
herolike
death-or-glory
shoo-in
sanguine
nailed down
able
locked on
safe
employed
vying
recognized
US
standard
universal
expected
typical
accustomed
mainstream
proven
familiar
conventional
usual
acknowledged
unrestricted
tough as old boots
planned
incommutable
known
unquestionable
unchallengeable
hang tough
as tough as old boots
arduous
taxing
competing
disciplinarian
callous
drastic
ascetical
by the book
hardhearted
astringent
uncharitable
hard-hearted
tyrannical
browbeating
rough
ascetic
unsympathetic
autocratic
grave
exhausting
single
one-sided
small-minded
with one's shoulder to the wheel
with one's nose to the grindstone
ultimate
unmodifiable
still
stated
playing hard ball
warring
carnivorous
opposing
oppositional
unfeigned
undiluted
warm
be out for blood
nose to the grindstone
discrete
triumphant
resisting
authentic
fullhearted
highly capable
play hard ball
play for keeps
fussy
not subject to change
plugging
religious
determining
spoiling for a fight
on the warpath
ready for action
distinctive
restricted
chirpy
sparkling
unbowed
hundred percent
whole-souled
identified
bona fide
exciting
flourishing
vivacious
electrifying
measured
effervescent
flamboyant
alive
dazzling
identifiable
titanic
without reservations
circumscribed
happening
airy
stirring
virile
humming
colourful
UK
zestful
kinetic
colorful
US
animate
buzzing
vivid
rousing
recognised
UK
spry
coruscating
bubbly
stimulating
astir
sparky
fresh
thriving
abuzz
comprehensive
delimited
bouncing
springy
vibrating
pert
radiant
breezy
demarcated
categoric
exhaustive
full-scale
quarrelsome
bellicose
pugnacious
abubble
jazzy
pizzazzy
pizazzy
vibrant
jaunty
spanking
aboil
finite
predictable
decent
infallible
upright
plumb
clean
maximum
consummate
bounded
gay
take-charge
belligerent
assaultive
chippy
confrontational
discordant
brawly
argumentative
agonistic
disputatious
honorable
US
unimpeachable
honourable
UK
truthful
reputable
impeccable
respectable
righteous
high-principled
stark
supreme
simple
sheer
arrant
rank
pure
stone
alive and kicking
bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
full of the joys of spring
full of beans
full of vim and vigour
bright and breezy
full of pep
crashing
deadly
optimum
dead
profound
very
dreadful
perfect
veracious
incorrupt
marked
bodacious
blank
fair
blooming
true-hearted
assigned
well-defined
flip
hot-tempered
hostile
have a bone to pick
on the outs
at loggerheads
hot
have chip on shoulder
battling
fighting
have it in for
well-marked
full-blown
cotton-picking
full-frontal
straight-out
more ❯
“Sam wiped away her tears of joy and donned a look of
grim
determination.”
Adjective
▲
Lacking genuine levity or mirth
dark
black
cynical
mirthless
bleak
fatalistic
dismal
pessimistic
gloomy
downbeat
negative
sombre
UK
despondent
gloom-ridden
depressing
grave
dreary
morose
hopeless
cheerless
foreboding
joyless
drab
melancholy
defeatist
glum
lugubrious
somber
US
depressed
discouraging
despairing
disheartening
funereal
desolate
dejected
demoralized
US
morbid
dispiriting
troubled
worrying
dim
miserable
harsh
mournful
sullen
doleful
bitter
horrid
oppressive
suspicious
unhappy
distrustful
austere
doubting
unfortunate
alarmist
chilly
unenthusiastic
demoralised
UK
Eeyorish
dreich
depressive
godforsaken
saturnine
solemn
drear
elegiacal
elegiac
cold
gray
US
sepulchral
grey
UK
comfortless
disconsolate
more ❯
“Ian Cawsey recalled with
grim
humor the moment when he almost died.”
Adjective
▲
Lacking in health or wellbeing
sick
ill
indisposed
unwell
poorly
off-color
US
off-colour
UK
ailing
infirm
diseased
unhealthy
weak
frail
feeble
crook
unsound
bedridden
peaky
bad
infected
sickened
peaked
down
below par
sick as a dog
on the sick list
off colour
under the weather
run-down
out of sorts
in a bad way
in poor health
laid up
not oneself
under par
debilitated
rickety
invalid
disordered
pale
declining
impaired
tottering
incurable
off
suffering
rocky
feverish
delicate
imperfect
hospitalised
UK
hospitalized
US
stricken
wretched
defective
confined
rundown
wobbly
not so hot
under medication
run down
broken down
laid-up
not healthy
queasy
sickly
funny
queer
afflicted
liverish
invalided
seedy
crummy
iffy
valetudinarian
groggy
squeamish
lousy
queerish
ropy
qualmish
queazy
wabbit
grotty
punk
sickish
rough
peculiar
bummed
woozy
rotten
nauseous
running temperature
not very well
like death warmed up
not in good shape
not up to par
green about the gills
off one's feet
feeling rotten
not well
laid low
a wreck
at death's door
not up to snuff
got the bug
feeling terrible
feeling awful
nauseated
awful
terrible
washed out
faint
dreadful
peakish
dizzy
peely-wally
giddy
enfeebled
incapacitated
weakly
weakened
decrepit
out of action
lightheaded
enervated
shaky
anaemic
UK
light-headed
sapped
low
prostrate
anemic
US
carsick
drained
seasick
tired
unfit
bilious
languid
green
prostrated
asthenic
out of commission
wasted
tender
lame
airsick
down-and-out
fatigued
disabled
exhausted
unsettled
upset
mean
poor
failing
ill-looking
slight
confined to bed
effete
fragile
travel-sick
unsubstantial
in poor shape
out of shape
pallid
immobilized
US
green around the gills
housebound
injured
sickly-looking
drawn
emaciated
thin
languorous
pukish
lacklustre
UK
lackluster
US
dying
worn out
doddering
unsteady
unstable
wimpish
wimpy
crippled
contaminated
immobilised
UK
doddery
down with
suffering from motion sickness
anile
infectious
trembly
sensitive
suffering from altitude sickness
in ill health
in poor condition
not yourself
barfy
in bad shape
out of condition
off one's feed
not a hundred percent
strange
slightly unwell
ill in bed
ropey
horrible
ugly
paltry
qualmy
reeling
travelsick
unsightly
pasty
pasty-faced
haggard
uneasy
off form
ashen
whey-faced
gray
US
colourless
UK
bloodless
ashy
grey
UK
ashen-faced
colorless
US
ghastly
in bed
wavering
corpse-like
cadaverous
sallow
valetudinary
handicapped
not feeling well
in pain
wan
pinched
sinking
reduced
spent
disturbed
distressed
hors de combat
the worse for wear
unwholesome
not up to the mark
miserable
deathly pale
tottery
vertiginous
knackered
got a bug
weary
faltering
helpless
trainsick
dragging
puny
sick to one's stomach
sluggish
depleted
beat
pooped
uncomfortable
etiolated
peelie-wally
tainted
septic
blighted
achy
hypochondriacal
languishing
sick as a parrot
as white as a ghost
as white as a sheet
soft
softened
chronically ill
always ill
often ill
laid-low
vitiated
nesh
tenuous
susceptible
low-energy
burned out
worn-out
broken-down
without energy
peccant
abnormal
pathetic
strengthless
sapless
meager
US
meagre
UK
uncertain
restless
dubious
unsettling
troubling
odd
concerned
doubtful
fidgety
not feeling up to snuff
tuckered out
out of gas
out-of-action
tired out
about to throw up
flimsy
droopy
wilted
drooping
wilting
flagging
bedfast
bedbound
suffering from radiation sickness
green at the gills
infested
wasting away
insubstantial
insecure
in declining health
in bad health
in a decline
green around gills
plague-ridden
disease-ridden
hydrophobic
rabies-infected
rabid
foaming at the mouth
more ❯
“We are shivering, wrapped up in our shawls, feeling
grim
with cold hands and feet.”
Adjective
▲
Of low or poor quality
bad
inferior
poor
mediocre
shoddy
execrable
lousy
base
common
crude
inept
low
slipshod
substandard
trashy
junky
miserable
paltry
rotten
rubbish
rubbishy
grotty
schlock
schlocky
tawdry
coarse
low-grade
second-rate
bargain-basement
poor-quality
third-rate
cheap-jack
terrible
awful
dreadful
pathetic
horrible
unsatisfactory
deplorable
cheap
laughable
useless
sucky
inadequate
dismal
disappointing
atrocious
crummy
trumpery
abysmal
diabolical
appalling
wretched
meager
US
dire
frightful
defective
incompetent
cheesy
duff
dissatisfactory
poxy
bum
pants
stinking
lamentable
meagre
UK
chronic
cut-rate
low-rent
el cheapo
low quality
not much cop
rough
horrid
disastrous
horrendous
abominable
sad
unacceptable
lame
below par
bad news
low-quality
not up to scratch
godawful
sub-par
raunchy
scurrilous
tinhorn
beastly
poor quality
disgraceful
ropy
detestable
downer
icky
cruddy
not up to par
damnable
bush-league
the pits
unspeakable
wack
odious
diddly
not good
less-than-stellar
grody
two-bit
egregious
gross
irremediable
garbage
crumby
erroneous
not the best
not up to snuff
fallacious
blah
reprehensible
second-class
stinky
indefensible
valueless
worthless
pitiful
grungy
bummer
under par
regrettable
hopeless
gimcrack
unsound
punk
unfortunate
cheapjack
sleazy
impaired
amiss
a load of pants
tatty
shabby
tacky
deficient
below standard
tinny
subpar
imperfect
jerry-built
wanting
twopenny-halfpenny
insufficient
faulty
nasty
junk
lemon
below average
sorry
suboptimal
tenth-rate
cheapo
abject
cheap and nasty
naff
wrong
bush
off
trifling
woeful
flimsy
no-good
pitiable
average
a dime a dozen
hellacious
unsuitable
unimpressive
contemptible
bodger
Brummagem
unworthy
ill
sour
run-down
from hunger
second rate
of a sort
dime-a-dozen
insignificant
not up to much
two a penny
no good
pits
disagreeable
insubstantial
shameful
dodgy
reject
meretricious
makeshift
dud
grubby
very bad
ratty
cheapie
kitsch
scroungy
thrown together
God-awful
pinchbeck
tattered
brassy
direful
mean
piddling
good-for-nothing
unsatisfying
weak
subnormal
entry-level
low-end
of poor quality
of low quality
minimal
displeasing
dime-store
rinky-dink
distressing
bottom-rung
damaged
of little value
of no value
of no financial value
rickety
objectionable
ramshackle
revolting
repulsive
repellant
repellent
indifferent
badly built
uncomfortable
unpleasant
thin
ropey
hateful
catchpenny
middling
tinpot
hack
ordinary
rancid
poorly
worse
poorer
déclassé
off-colour
UK
poopy
hellish
disgustful
rebarbative
loathly
insufferable
low in quality
half-pie
trivial
no great shakes
piss-poor
off-color
US
weak sauce
bogus
nugatory
throwaway
amateurish
intolerable
inadmissible
dubious
questionable
brummagem
twopenny
insupportable
unsaleable
not good enough
condemnable
out
dilapidated
plastic
dingy
scruffy
seedy
pretentious
gaudy
broken-down
inglorious
low-down
inacceptable
minor league
small potatoes
not satisfying
minor-league
would fetch nothing
of negligible value
not up to standard
half-baked
not on
won't do
not worth a hill of beans
not valuable
without value
of no worth
ten a penny
of little worth
nickel-and-dime
of little financial value
more ❯
“The
grim
quality of army food convinced him there was a place in professional cooking for the low-priced, preserved, dried, and canned goods then beginning to appear on the market.”
Adjective
▲
Without pity or compassion
ruthless
merciless
callous
pitiless
heartless
hard
cruel
unfeeling
inhuman
unsympathetic
harsh
unmerciful
insensitive
remorseless
uncharitable
unsparing
inhumane
brutal
stony
severe
obdurate
compassionless
savage
indurate
uncaring
affectless
soulless
ironhearted
stoney
fierce
vicious
stonyhearted
pachydermatous
desensitised
UK
desensitized
US
barbarous
relentless
insensate
unforgiving
cold
ferocious
unrelenting
inflexible
unbending
barbaric
implacable
stern
sadistic
unpitying
hardhearted
mean
bloodthirsty
unyielding
inexorable
adamant
malevolent
unappeasable
mortal
fell
cutthroat
steely
vindictive
inclement
rancorous
unremitting
revengeful
surly
ironfisted
feral
killer
cold-blooded
hard-hearted
case-hardened
hard-boiled
cold-hearted
stony-hearted
thick-skinned
slash-and-burn
take-no-prisoners
cut-throat
hard-nosed
dog-eat-dog
lacking compassion
marble-hearted
with a heart of stone
without pity
murderous
violent
brutish
fiendish
truculent
unkind
monstrous
wicked
sanguinary
wanton
uncompromising
brute
butcherly
rough
malignant
bitter
atrocious
bloody
diabolical
beastly
bestial
evil
intolerant
malicious
tyrannical
oppressive
tough
rigid
nasty
hellish
hostile
deadly
wild
exacting
maleficent
spiteful
strict
vile
dour
aggressive
depraved
dangerous
austere
onerous
untamed
rigorous
baleful
heavy-handed
terrible
gruff
flinty
venomous
homicidal
draconian
uncompassionate
heinous
flagitious
tyrannous
abusive
menacing
abominable
illiberal
threatening
villainous
irreconcilable
destructive
unruly
hardhanded
authoritarian
arch
unrestrained
infernal
forbidding
poisonous
crazed
stiff
intimidating
hurtful
no-nonsense
sworn
frightening
rugged
serious
grievous
uncontrollable
inconsiderate
intense
ravening
dastardly
unkindly
egregious
wolfish
tormenting
torturous
devilish
unflinching
appalling
demoniac
avaricious
unregenerate
greedy
hardened
unrepenting
indefatigable
uncontrite
sour
hard-bitten
browbeating
bullying
stone-hearted
punishing
unmoved
crude
coarse
despotic
dictatorial
iron-fisted
uncalled-for
mean machine
stringent
unconcerned
bearish
tactless
indifferent
having a killer instinct
suppressive
ramrod
foul
critical
dreadful
antagonistic
hardline
treacherous
hard-shell
infamous
out-and-out
to the death
bad
awful
unprincipled
at each other's throats
unsafe
sinister
intimidatory
dodgy
ill-boding
foreboding
ominous
malign
furious
desperate
uncivilised
UK
minatory
viperous
minacious
nefarious
serpentine
uncivilized
US
abandoned
abhorrent
dark
rowdy
vengeful
fiery
catty
malefic
rabid
fearsome
ungentle
hateful
humourless
UK
trying
sober
excruciating
sedate
burdensome
repressive
humorless
US
searing
staid
solemn
sobersided
grave
fatal
convulsive
impetuous
raging
louring
frightful
delirious
resentful
lethal
incessive
raving
stark
lowering
enraged
undomesticated
fearful
deathly
acrimonious
avenging
horrible
angry
frantic
rapacious
infuriated
mad
weighty
unsmiling
po-faced
astringent
uncomic
terminal
primitive
tigerish
biffo
aggers
retaliatory
wreakful
grudging
pestilent
noxious
full of spleen
grudge-bearing
evil-intentioned
mean-spirited
ill-natured
out for revenge
ill-disposed
baneful
killing
incurable
vital
pestilential
mortiferous
dead
mortuary
life-threatening
death-dealing
unfriendly
inhospitable
bellicose
combative
belligerent
confrontational
unpleasant
vitriolic
uncongenial
disagreeable
unemotional
wrathful
biting
unsociable
argumentative
pugnacious
rude
cantankerous
sharp
scrappy
virulent
inimical
militant
coldhearted
abrasive
churlish
antipathetic
caustic
cutting
curt
acerbic
acerb
brusque
adverse
jaundiced
impatient
galling
filthy
unindulgent
disdainful
ill-humored
US
comfortless
contemptuous
ill-tempered
bad-tempered
ill-humoured
UK
adversarial
unforbearing
contrary
negative
disapproving
rotten
unreceptive
ornery
wounding
discriminatory
indignant
unwelcoming
warlike
alien
adversary
unamiable
prejudiced
unpropitious
unfair
shabby
obnoxious
thoughtless
immoral
crotchety
cross
contentious
firm
ill
snide
grating
joyless
fractious
slaughterous
not nice
annoying
irritating
spiky
hard to take
rubbing the wrong way
evil-minded
stonehearted
injurious
apathetic
premeditated
hideous
ghastly
unloving
frigid
detached
punitive
wretched
insensible
unempathetic
satanic
hatchetjob
coldblooded
uncordial
impenetrable
forceful
heavy
unjust
excessive
bloodless
uncivil
killer instinct
ungenerous
extreme
pernicious
unchristian
roughshod
despicable
contemptible
not have the time for
odious
loathsome
pressuring
hectoring
imperious
domineering
irritable
opposing
grouchy
sulky
dissenting
base
distasteful
displeasing
low
snappish
grumpy
snappy
sullen
tetchy
irascible
horrid
opposed
oppositional
cranky
testy
narky
querulous
stroppy
ratty
shirty
peevish
petulant
low-down
resistant
splenetic
peckish
liverish
chippy
soreheaded
huffy
miffy
grumbling
curmudgeonly
waxy
dissident
conflicting
gross
uninviting
dishonourable
UK
despiteful
unwilling
adversative
accusatorial
quarrelsome
difficult
oppugnant
opposite
reluctant
oppugning
execrable
deplorable
scummy
ignominious
currish
dirty
dishonorable
US
detestable
low-minded
icky
unsavoury
UK
yukky
unwelcome
unpalatable
yucky
discordant
unlovely
unpleasing
unsavory
US
allergic
short-tempered
quick-tempered
on a short fuse
hot-tempered
short-fused
at odds
insular
narrow
provincial
sectarian
blinkered
parochial
dogmatic
partisan
fanatical
partial
individualistic
averse
waspish
narrow-minded
small-minded
one-sided
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Disturbing in nature due to references to death or dying
distressing
macabre
gruesome
ghastly
morbid
grisly
hideous
dreadful
frightening
frightful
horrid
horrific
lurid
unearthly
gloomy
horrible
horrifying
shocking
wretched
dark
eerie
somber
US
sombre
UK
ghostly
gory
grotesque
nightmarish
terrifying
fearsome
funereal
monstrous
sepulchral
grewsome
nightmare
shadowy
chilling
scary
shady
spookish
spooky
death-obsessed
offensive
weird
bleak
revolting
cold
horrendous
loathsome
dire
sickening
taboo
poignant
haunting
unthinkable
unmentionable
miserable
melancholic
glum
melancholy
dispirited
desolate
morose
dismal
depressive
solemn
appalling
depressing
dreary
cheerless
disheartening
tenebrous
sad
sullen
drab
mirthless
dingy
murky
pitiless
terrible
repulsive
repugnant
terrific
drear
lugubrious
gray
US
grave
grey
UK
awful
mournful
black
atrocious
sick
unhealthy
God-awful
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Not easy to please or satisfy
difficult
fussy
picky
particular
choosy
demanding
finicky
fastidious
critical
finical
perfectionist
inflexible
uncompromising
rigorous
intractable
obstinate
tough
overbearing
unaccommodating
unamenable
disapproving
strict
unreasonable
cavilling
UK
hard
harsh
imperious
nagging
overexacting
querulous
stringent
unbending
obdurate
hypercritical
caviling
US
cavillous
censuring
disparaging
faultfinding
hardheaded
overcritical
overscrupulous
sticklerish
stiff
tyrannical
dictatorial
unflinching
importunate
unrelenting
boorish
rigid
immovable
inexorable
irascible
pitiless
resolute
unyielding
captious
dogmatic
oppressive
prickly
chippy
crotchety
disputatious
disputative
ornery
hard to please
over-particular
high-maintenance
fault-finding
over-exacting
hard-line
over-censorious
over-rigorous
over-strict
bloody-minded
hard to satisfy
exacting
pernickety
choosey
fussbudgety
overnice
dainty
persnickety
old-maidish
punctilious
finicking
delicate
nice
squeamish
nit-picking
nit-picky
discriminating
faddy
nitpicking
scrupulous
careful
pedantic
stickling
pass-remarkable
faddish
painstaking
selective
exact
carping
overparticular
hairsplitting
meticulous
assiduous
hair-splitting
firm
prissy
obsessive
fretful
difficult to please
fuddy-duddy
fussbudget
over-fastidious
trying
discerning
tricky
clamorous
tiresome
judgmental
judgemental
overprecise
fiddly
fine
detailed
troublesome
insistent
exigent
unmanageable
fractious
unsparing
stubborn
quibbling
needy
possessive
demeaning
censorious
serious
cynical
heedful
conscionable
overfastidious
precious
punctual
picky-picky
old maidish
old womanish
precise
refined
overdelicate
sedulous
queasy
thorough
impossible to please
very careful
easily disgusted
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Harshly sarcastic or satirical in nature
keen
scathing
cutting
incisive
searing
pointed
stinging
trenchant
acid
sardonic
satirical
contemptuous
ferocious
nasty
sharp
unblunted
virulent
caustic
corrosive
heartless
merciless
piercing
savage
biting
brutal
fierce
malicious
penetrating
satiric
callous
critical
mocking
sarcastic
scornful
tart
venomous
acerbic
bitter
harsh
pungent
salty
snarky
violent
acidic
cruel
devastating
edged
hurtful
mordacious
unrelenting
acute
derisive
pitiless
truculent
vicious
vitriolic
acrid
acrimonious
sadistic
scorching
unsparing
withering
astringent
belittling
mordant
ruthless
scalding
wanton
cold-blooded
extremely critical
severe
acerb
abrasive
insensitive
curt
brusque
gruff
rubbing the wrong way
stern
austere
rough
strict
exacting
wounding
rigorous
unkind
poisonous
hard
rigid
spiteful
waspish
acidulous
stringent
sarky
catty
acetic
tonic
barbed
razor-edged
smart-mouthed
smart-aleck
smart-alecky
polemic
poignant
rapier-like
dry
telling
cynical
ironic
forceful
ironical
piquant
disparaging
hostile
pithy
witty
snappy
rude
polemical
emphatic
peppery
scoffing
wry
provocative
salt
exciting
racy
burning
razor-sharp
chaffing
disrespectful
burlesque
ridiculing
tongue-in-cheek
acetose
rancorous
unfriendly
churlish
sour
controversial
venomed
contentious
insinuating
strong
vigorous
mean
offensive
hateful
zesty
alkaline
corroding
argumentative
disputatious
forthright
driving
clear
zingy
lambent
crisp
explicit
savoury
UK
powerful
distinct
effective
blunt
potent
unequivocal
blistering
edgy
crushing
unpleasant
snappish
snippy
testy
short
disapproving
pert
taunting
destructive
savory
US
sneering
irreverent
vinegary
acidulated
parodying
Hudibrastic
Rabelaisian
lampooning
humorous
spoofing
paradoxical
spoof
farcical
bantering
sly
erosive
subtle
deadpan
droll
laconic
acidy
arrogant
derisory
deprecating
waggish
backhanded
sourish
tartish
smarting
twisted
apathetic
with a kick
briny
acetous
tangy
soured
green
clever
defiant
backbiting
jibing
uncomplimentary
spicy
sharp-tongued
matter-of-fact
straight-faced
low-key
quietly humorous
poker-faced
double-edged
quick-witted
more ❯
Adjective
▲
(
of a person
)
Lacking sophistication or refinement
rough
unrefined
coarse
rude
uncouth
crude
loutish
uncultured
churlish
ungracious
blunt
brusque
curt
impolite
vulgar
boorish
crass
discourteous
ill-bred
tough
uncivil
bluff
brutal
brutish
dour
foul
hard
ill-mannered
indecent
indecorous
indelicate
lewd
oafish
obscene
offensive
profane
ribald
severe
uncultivated
unmannerly
unpolished
austere
bawdy
bearish
dirty
fierce
filthy
forbidding
gross
inconsiderate
inelegant
roughcast
rugged
stern
stiff
vulgarian
bad-mannered
cruel
gruff
harsh
inhuman
intimidating
louring
mean
stark
steely
untutored
artless
bitter
common
flinty
foul-mouthed
hardhanded
heavy
improper
insensible
loud
lowbred
lowbrow
onerous
oppressive
tasteless
unceremonious
ungentle
incult
lowering
murderous
raffish
roughneck
ungentlemanly
unladylike
unsophisticated
low
uncivilized
US
rough-hewn
illiberal
graceless
uncivilised
UK
philistine
raw
barbaric
primitive
barbarian
barbarous
unmannered
savage
yobbish
rustic
uneducated
tactless
Neanderthal
raunchy
unseemly
thuggish
clumsy
cloddish
wild
ignorant
awkward
earthy
smutty
blue
ungraceful
gauche
natural
disrespectful
slobbish
thoughtless
impertinent
ungallant
clodhopping
pornographic
impure
heathen
clownish
classless
mannerless
indiscreet
provincial
uncalled-for
brash
saucy
unfriendly
heathenish
inappropriate
Neandertal
off colour
fruity
undiplomatic
plebby
unsavoury
UK
unsavory
US
salacious
unsubtle
inept
naughty
near the knuckle
unhandsome
hick
gawky
grave
unsmiling
impudent
callous
X-rated
serious
suggestive
sullen
off-color
US
off-colour
UK
adult
blundering
racy
inurbane
stony
maladroit
insolent
trashy
ungainly
cheap
gutter
bungling
unprintable
spicy
locker-room
lascivious
disgracious
swinish
nasty
gamy
insulting
wanton
unchivalrous
insensitive
abusive
rash
benighted
surly
untactful
sober
ocker
frowning
disapproving
vicious
sombre
UK
somber
US
risqué
plebeian
shameless
Rabelaisian
craggy
loud-mouthed
lumpish
hooligan
in bad taste
simple
porny
stag
lumpen
cold
audacious
broad
solemn
ungenteel
cheeky
lubberly
unfeeling
native
illiterate
backwoods
unacceptable
unworldly
aloof
vile
hasty
fresh
outlandish
unpoised
immodest
sharp
base
unsympathetic
frigid
icy
frosty
stilted
mean-looking
unbecoming
untamed
badly behaved
in poor taste
licentious
ungodly
malodorous
immoral
sordid
crabbed
scatological
nudge-nudge
scatologic
lacking in social graces
stolid
ferocious
roughhewn
morose
sour
hillbilly
parochial
gloomy
dismal
gritty
derogatory
unsuitable
rowdy
threatening
ornery
cantankerous
unlettered
spartan
fiery
imprudent
lumbering
stupid
disagreeable
unbefitting
lippy
unpolitic
injudicious
presumptuous
fearsome
unrestrained
wooden
uncomfortable
uneasy
uncommunicative
disgusting
fiendish
frightful
frightening
incorrect
untoward
inapt
pitiless
dreary
contumelious
underbred
malapert
impolitic
cutthroat
beastly
unfitting
countrified
undignified
hellish
horrible
bestial
unfit
venomous
low-down-and-dirty
steamy
rustical
glowering
menacing
poker-faced
rough-and-tumble
low-minded
offhand
perverse
inapposite
incongruous
unhappy
amiss
unapt
infelicitous
malapropos
wrong
unpleasant
ill-advised
heavy-handed
unworthy
corrupt
off
short
discreditable
titillating
earnest
wicked
low-bred
poor
melancholic
dejected
saturnine
glum
bleak
stringent
ugly
sulky
flip
strait-laced
sleazy
scurrilous
explicit
porn
porno
grim-faced
prurient
out of keeping
hard-faced
distasteful
tacky
abrupt
near the bone
salty
overbearing
close to the bone
like a bull in a china shop
out-of-line
socially unsure
socially inept
socially awkward
unfinished
basic
obnoxious
obtuse
agrestic
uncontrolled
homespun
boisterous
misbehaved
in a state of nature
doltish
bullying
ill-behaved
large
troglodytic
rank
unscrupulous
trailer-park
hoonish
dense
sketchy
rough-and-ready
rough and ready
nescient
rollicking
roisterous
ungentlemanlike
sickening
backward
immature
gawkish
blockish
dorky
shoddy
revolting
undiscriminating
imperceptive
tart
unwise
inadvisable
outrageous
dozy
corn-fed
unapproachable
lusty
bad
pert
brassy
sooty
common as muck
ill-suited
unsuited
loudmouthed
skin
robust
tight-lipped
nauseating
gaudy
unthinking
unperceptive
offish
hideous
unclassy
disparaging
humourless
UK
undecorous
ridiculous
shocking
unhumorous
sedate
humorless
US
staid
foulmouthed
sobersided
irritable
bizarre
baseborn
juicy
arrogant
low-down
inhospitable
careless
rogue
devilish
uncharitable
ape-like
sick
gruesome
cocky
clunky
gangling
low-born
po-faced
no-nonsense
serious-minded
ordinary
unfashionable
uncomplimentary
low-down and dirty
sly
scabrous
off-colored
out of line
gamey
rascally
straightforward
precipitate
mouthy
smart alecky
smart-alecky
brazen
uninhabitable
inexpert
unskilful
untimely
lacking in propriety
unfair
unworthy of
undue
unlovely
uncomely
unseasonable
debased
inaffable
insubordinate
disdainful
lustful
concupiscent
carnal
intrusive
yokelish
bounderish
peremptory
corporeal
voluptuous
fleshly
sensual
sexual
taboo
in the gutter
hard-core
hardcore
lecherous
repulsive
profligate
with two left feet
ignoble
questionable
scandalous
malicious
rakish
libidinous
randy
odious
disreputable
unclean
colourful
UK
mucky
grubby
grimy
unchaste
colorful
US
unvirtuous
out of place
distant
formal
wild-looking
reserved
chilly
unemotional
stuffy
remote
shameful
tawdry
ruffian
out of the way
reprehensible
wrongful
unconventional
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Resembling a squawk
squawky
strident
screeching
grating
discordant
raucous
sharp
rasping
jarring
hoarse
cacophonous
dissonant
stridulous
unmelodious
noisy
croaking
raspy
rough
jangling
guttural
coarse
rusty
unmusical
scratchy
earsplitting
clashing
rugged
astringent
caterwauling
creaking
tuneless
acrid
asperous
bitter
bleak
cracked
craggy
disagreeing
disturbing
dry
flat
glaring
hard
incompatible
jagged
rigid
severe
sour
uneven
unlevel
unrelenting
off-key
out-of-key
out-of-tune
not smooth
husky
gravelly
throaty
gravel
croaky
gruff
tickly
uncomfortable
harsh
shrill
inharmonious
unharmonious
piercing
blaring
ear-piercing
squawking
grinding
ear-splitting
clamorous
stridulant
jangly
absonant
brassy
loud
squeaky
unvocal
unmelodic
squealing
horrisonant
tumultuous
metallic
penetrating
riotous
screechy
stridulent
blatant
abrasive
stertorous
clangorous
rackety
dinning
tinny
growling
growly
harsh-sounding
scraping
stentorian
not harmonious
deafening
thunderous
booming
lacking harmony
unpleasant
disagreeable
at variance
at odds
stridulatory
stentorious
disharmonic
ill-sounding
clinking
immusical
forceful
baying
persuasive
vociferous
vocal
vociferant
boisterous
obstreperous
harsh sounding
out of tune
out of key
out of tone
atonal
acute
braying
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Looking exhausted, stressed, or poor in condition
haggard
drained
exhausted
rundown
fatigued
sapped
tired
careworn
raddled
sallow
spent
wearied
worn
drawn
fagged
fretted
pinched
wrinkled
weak
weakened
worn-down
worn-out
gaunt
unwell
hollow-eyed
hollow-cheeked
lined
weather-beaten
stressed
wan
strained
tense
peaked
fraught
withered
lived-in
unhealthy
broken-down
washed out
worn out
on your last legs
below par
the worse for wear
worse for wear
under par
with sunken cheeks
more ❯
Adjective
▲
To a total, utter or complete degree
unmitigated
categorical
absolute
complete
outright
total
unqualified
definite
thorough
utter
consummate
pure
thoroughgoing
unconditional
unequivocal
austere
categoric
downright
positive
profound
rank
relentless
unadulterated
unambiguous
veritable
real
regular
rigid
sheer
simple
stark
unabated
unalloyed
undiminished
arrant
fair
gross
intense
perfect
plumb
severe
unabridged
unbending
unmoderated
unmollified
untempered
dead
flat
oppressive
blank
blooming
bodacious
clean
crashing
deadly
dreadful
harsh
persistent
stone
unalleviated
unbroken
undiluted
unmixed
unmodified
unrelieved
unsoftened
very
all-out
clear-cut
flat-out
out-and-out
straight-out
cotton-picking
deep-dyed
in every way
unreserved
full
entire
unlimited
unrestricted
right
whole
proper
extreme
ultimate
plain
undivided
supreme
utmost
comprehensive
dyed-in-the-wool
unrestrained
right-down
through and through
unbounded
genuine
blatant
all out
infernal
emphatic
unconstrained
wholesale
in every respect
unquestionable
straight out
explicit
full-bore
exhaustive
flagrant
certain
wholehearted
surpassing
solid
glaring
limitless
indubitable
no holds barred
blasted
full-scale
clear
patent
true
infinite
plenary
unmistakable
inveterate
undeniable
unremitting
out and out
uncompromising
direct
assured
blessed
confounded
no catch
maximum
undisguised
sure
naked
brazen
overt
full-blown
resounding
constant
matchless
without reservations
no ifs ands or buts
overarching
boundless
straight
unstinting
full-on
prize
egregious
all-fired
sweeping
final
palpable
conclusive
enormous
serious
pronounced
authentic
unquestioning
barefaced
open
determinate
wide
monstrous
point-blank
unsurpassed
peerless
peremptory
uncontrolled
bloody
true-blue
unconditioned
brutal
steadfast
apodictic
no kicker
no strings
no fine print
without limit
chronic
unblemished
mere
royal
endless
everlasting
double-dyed
committed
huge
firm
determined
outrageous
overwhelming
tremendous
sincere
express
unmistaken
overall
unswerving
dedicated
uttermost
concentrated
resolute
obvious
max
sovereign
steady
decisive
paramount
strict
great
conspicuous
top
nth
fixed
superlative
predominant
striking
shameless
exorbitant
significant
excessive
major
unbound
tyrannical
pre-eminent
all-powerful
immoderate
atrocious
omnipotent
grievous
very great
bona fide
capital
sound
preeminent
extraordinary
perpetual
through-and-through
eternal
true blue
incessant
continuous
staring
unfailing
unrelenting
abundant
grand
quite
single
altogether
faultless
most
definitive
forthright
customary
adamant
assertive
insistent
unstinted
unvarnished
unending
undisputed
decided
unregenerate
optimum
actual
usual
quintessential
drastic
totalitarian
uninterrupted
inclusive
eminent
crass
infamous
notorious
vile
terminal
without reservation
abject
systematic
unimpaired
maximal
no end of
all-embracing
intensive
last
horrible
stone-cold
nothing other than
point blank
without qualification
long-range
long-term
one-hundred percent
no strings attached
rightly so called
in-depth
full-frontal
right royal
without reserve
untarnished
untouched
unaltered
habitual
undying
confirmed
no joke
shocking
manifest
inexorable
excellent
unsurpassable
errant
perfected
ideal
inimitable
transcendent
flawless
impeccable
finished
open-ended
with no strings
audacious
evident
heinous
unconcealed
transparent
massive
inordinate
shameful
scandalous
terrible
reprehensible
disgraceful
hellacious
iniquitous
apparent
villainous
wicked
terrific
fantastic
brass-necked
deep
acute
almighty
accurate
exact
precise
unbearable
unshakeable
whopping
staunch
fervent
earnest
zealous
enthusiastic
unflinching
hearty
radical
preposterous
thundering
exclusive
thumping
unwavering
devoted
unfaltering
uber
spot-on
enduring
heartfelt
stalwart
unfeigned
ardent
warm
focused
US
undistracted
collective
roaring
valid
dinkum
engrossed
unshared
consistent
unhampered
loyal
impassioned
abiding
passionate
fullhearted
rip-roaring
honest
dead-on
certified
good
faithful
pukka
on-target
echt
so
satisfactory
pucka
sure-enough
unerring
certifiable
united
absorbed
unflagging
focussed
UK
unanimous
scrupulous
attentive
continued
concerted
admissible
factual
without restrictions
ceaseless
no-holds-barred
unchecked
unshackled
unhindered
no-limit
uncontestable
ungoverned
unimpeded
uncurbed
unbridled
untrammeled
US
untrammelled
UK
unsuppressed
uncontrollable
unrepressed
undisputable
wild
uninhibited
fast
deliberate
circumspect
all
minute
diligent
detailed
vigilant
intent
whole-hearted
undoubted
watertight
veridical
immaculate
rigorous
amen
inerrant
bang on
undistorted
solemn
hundred percent
whole-souled
workmanlike
lock stock and barrel
right on
never-failing
unquestioned
unhesitating
bold
flaming
frank
particular
diametrical
legit
unshakable
mega
straightforward
bald
noticeable
legitimate
even
goodly
substantial
prodigious
vast
gigantic
bare-faced
giant
stupendous
mammoth
impressive
immense
monumental
elephantine
gargantuan
colossal
undoubting
official
bleeding
vigorous
for real
outstanding
titanic
mountainous
vehement
natural
flipping
uncontested
violent
meticulous
round
blinking
effing
notable
memorable
remarkable
phenomenal
noteworthy
visible
implicit
reliable
indisputable
irrefutable
incontestable
incontrovertible
blithering
chuffing
convincing
jumbo
monster
humongous
astronomical
bally
awful
forceful
personal
flaunting
polar
individual
plurry
special
specific
whacking
ginormous
ostentatious
correct
ruddy
blunt
heavy
hard
unembellished
large
whopping great
flagitious
crying
unadorned
candid
flagitous
unashamed
all-encompassing
unsparing
close
dirty great
whacking great
upfront
upright
grody
plainspoken
unguarded
bald-faced
rightful
literal
matter-of-fact
hanging out
no-nonsense
full-fledged
honest-to-goodness
true to life
stick out like sore thumb
fully-fledged
plain-spoken
plenipotentiary
ultra
super
effusive
gushing
thrashing
convinced
confident
basic
distinct
sublime
incalculable
cordial
bare
satisfied
doubtless
persuaded
virtual
abysmal
concrete
immodest
highest
unshaken
full-out
unhidden
in person
biggest
topmost
from the heart
to the exclusion of everything else
self-assured
self-conceited
self-confident
perceptible
strenuous
diametric
greatest
purified
refined
affirmative
cold
free from doubt
pristine
observable
recognizable
US
dead on
verbatim
cocksure
inarguable
forcible
pointed
irrefragable
dependable
wakeless
aggressive
muscular
energetic
dynamic
recognized
US
plain to see
unchallenged
writ large
accepted
intemerate
immediate
guileless
outspoken
fierce
greatest amount of
greatest possible
unchallengeable
guaranteed
recognisable
UK
as clear as day
recognised
UK
hard-hitting
intricate
experienced
ferocious
heartless
forthcoming
as plain as a pikestaff
keen
careful
extensive
untainted
trusty
kosher
bonafide
credible
unspoiled
authoritative
original
unspoilt
excruciating
strong
virile
full-blooded
hardy
robust
powerful
vital
raw
vicious
painstaking
uncontradicted
unarguable
persuasive
accomplished
tangible
unanswerable
blistering
pinpoint
standing out a mile
furious
free-spoken
up-front
brutally honest
firsthand
penetrating
explosive
veracious
secure
frightful
freaking
doggone
punctilious
ghastly
sticking out a mile
exquisite
standing out like a sore thumb
sticking out like a sore thumb
essential
elemental
elaborate
encyclopedic
US
fearsome
surgical
defined
fearful
hands-down
24-carat
fussy
well-defined
on the money
finely tuned
error-free
inch-perfect
on the nose
on the button
unencumbered
unmortgaged
fastidious
pulling no punches
demanding
encyclopaedic
UK
intimate
beyond question
beyond a doubt
as sure as eggs is eggs
blimming
heedful
first-hand
accelerated
searching
studious
heavy-duty
all-absorbing
high-pressure
all-inclusive
speeded-up
religious
punctual
loving
big
conscientious
minding p's and q's
ultra-careful
most extreme
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Unpleasant or offensive due to being dirty or slovenly
grotty
nasty
foul
unpleasant
dirty
filthy
gross
grubby
cruddy
bedraggled
befouled
begrimed
bemired
besmirched
black
blackened
dingy
draggled
dusty
grimy
grungy
mucky
muddy
smudged
smutty
soiled
sordid
stained
sullied
unclean
uncleanly
grody
rundown
shabby
tatty
sooty
polluted
scuzzy
slimy
squalid
yucky
unwashed
festy
manky
gungy
smeared
messy
skanky
unhygienic
bogging
unsanitary
sloppy
contaminated
spotted
scungy
icky
insanitary
crummy
greasy
scummy
unkempt
feculent
tarnished
sleazy
defiled
muddied
mud-caked
disheveled
US
dishevelled
UK
dirt-encrusted
besmeared
smeary
slovenly
miry
grimed
tainted
ruined
uncleaned
not clean
impure
discoloured
UK
blemished
discolored
US
marked
fouled
putrid
rotten
fetid
US
sticky
smelly
putrefied
decaying
sludgy
seedy
slatternly
untidy
bespattered
dreggy
murky
foetid
UK
dungy
spattered
unlaundered
unswept
undusted
pigpen
mud-encrusted
insalubrious
slummy
dowdy
slushy
miserable
disgusting
gloopy
oozy
spotty
cloudy
raunchy
flea-bitten
sloughy
caked
mucous
yukky
muculent
clammy
viscous
glutinous
straggly
disarrayed
unsightly
dishabille
mung
mud-spattered
smoky
faecal
UK
fecal
US
repulsive
loathsome
horry
yecchy
soily
revolting
verminous
slipshod
dark
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Consumed by stress, worry or anxiety
careworn
anxious
stressed
harassed
strained
beleaguered
burdened
distraught
haggard
oppressed
overburdened
worried
drawn
hassled
pinched
under pressure
weighed down
tormented
troubled
pressured
stressed out
harried
persecuted
tense
edgy
distressed
vexed
under stress
hard-pressed
under the cosh
up against it
strung out
with your back to the wall
stressed-out
desperate
frazzled
downtrodden
browbeaten
besieged
hounded
jittery
upset
frayed
agitated
plagued
stricken
terror-stricken
pressurised
UK
pressurized
US
fretting
shell-shocked
on the rack
hunted
stressy
overstretched
put upon
at the end of your tether
worn out
struggling
fraught
aggravated
in a tight spot
in difficulties
in a tight corner
long-suffering
bothered
beset
flustered
hag-ridden
with one's back up against the wall
at the end of one's rope
at wit's end
pushed
busy
under duress
on the spot
overloaded
time-poor
overtaxed
overworked
pressed
between a rock and a hard place
in dire straits
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Plain, unembellished and straight to the point, often uncomfortably so
stark
plain
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bald
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basic
blunt
brutal
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frank
honest
unadorned
unambiguous
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unequivocal
bare
barefaced
candid
complete
naked
real
straight
transparent
unvarnished
blatant
brazen
forthright
harsh
open
plainspoken
unconcealed
unfeigned
unguarded
unreserved
unsparing
unstinting
upfront
upright
plain-spoken
flat-out
matter-of-fact
no-nonsense
undisguised
outspoken
unqualified
explicit
unveiled
unexaggerated
downright
straight from the shoulder
unornamented
undecorated
patent
severe
truthful
pure
palpable
flagrant
plain vanilla
realistic
raw
warts and all
out-and-out
true to life
fundamental
hard
dry
cold
guileless
outright
clear
uninhibited
genuine
overt
unmistakable
manifest
evident
austere
heartless
natural
forthcoming
total
exact
sincere
literal
obvious
apparent
brutally honest
up-front
free-spoken
bare-faced
threadbare
glaring
unmitigated
for real
open and shut
artless
unadulterated
sheer
crisp
trenchant
unpolished
uncompromising
point-blank
not beating about the bush
hard-hitting
not mincing one's words
straight-talking
pulling no punches
to the point
brief and to the point
calling a spade a spade
straight-shooting
speaking one's mind
openhearted
freehearted
free
up front
ingenuous
categorical
round
out-front
foursquare
clear-cut
bluff
lay it on the line
from the hip
like it is
unrestricted
saying what one thinks
express
call a spade a spade
not afraid to call a spade a spade
aboveboard
abrupt
crystal clear
unevasive
distinct
straight-out
lucid
straight-from-the-shoulder
certain
definite
vocal
specific
undiplomatic
laying it on the line
calling spade a spade
definitive
plain-speaking
perspicuous
understandable
talking turkey
open-and-shut
emphatic
bold
man-to-man
unfiltered
tactless
nonambiguous
precise
luculent
univocal
straight to the point
point blank
speaking as one finds
confrontational
vociferous
clearly expressed
on the nose
strident
unrestrained
decisive
confronting
undissembling
frontal
incontrovertible
unambivalent
naive
easy
indisputable
familiar
absolute
detailed
well defined
aggressive
undissembled
unreticent
face-to-face
head-on
pellucid
heart-to-heart
exhaustive
comprehensive
minute
ringing
luminous
undisputable
unblurred
accurate
sure
stated
broad
on the level
not beating around the bush
bald-faced
black-and-white
self-evident
cut-and-dried
easily understandable
bright-line
cavalier
gritty
authentic
forward
brusque
unceremonious
clear cut
rude
flat
positive
off-the-record
intolerant
opinionated
square
decided
unmodified
unbiased
unprejudiced
communicative
curt
unpretended
parrhesiastic
innocent
fair
speaking straight from the shoulder
above board
no lie
well-defined
spelled out
not pulling any punches
right up front
loud
no beating around the bush
telling it like it is
noisy
personal
vehement
over-literal
lacking subtlety
lacking nuance
unimaginative
voluble
vigorous
enthusiastic
zealous
keen
venting
undeniable
face to face
head-to-head
eyeball-to-eyeball
toe-to-toe
comprehensible
uncontestable
intelligible
lucent
limpid
crystal
no catch
easily understood
black and white
no strings attached
no fine print
crystal-clear
no holds barred
nailed-on
no ifs ands or buts
straight out
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