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Adjective
▲
Villainous, criminal or wicked in nature or behavior
evil
sinful
vile
villainous
wicked
abhorrent
abominable
appalling
atrocious
base
criminal
dark
depraved
foul
heinous
infernal
iniquitous
monstrous
odious
shameful
vicious
devilish
diabolical
fiendish
scandalous
unholy
bad
black
corrupt
despicable
detestable
disgraceful
dreadful
execrable
flagitious
horrible
immoral
infamous
knavish
opprobrious
outrageous
rotten
satanic
shocking
unethical
ungodly
unlawful
unrighteous
unsavouryUK
unsavoryUS
unspeakable
wrong
dastardly
degenerate
disreputable
egregious
flagrant
glaring
gross
miscreant
perverse
putrid
reprehensible
sinister
treacherous
underhanded
good-for-nothing
nauseous
rancid
repellant
unpalatable
fulsome
displeasing
grotty
uninviting
skanky
poor
fetidUS
pitiable
bitter
foetidUK
unwelcome
sour
malodorous
unpleasing
abysmal
rank
stomach-turning
stomach-churning
festy
mephitic
uncongenial
stinky
unappetizing
annoying
smelly
from hell
yukky
unlovely
rebarbative
terrifying
alarming
funky
foul-smelling
niffy
sad
pongy
whiffy
olid
invidious
evil-smelling
inferior
acrid
on the nose
uncleanly
miasmal
irritating
creepy
grimy
mucky
polluted
rude
unsatisfactory
crummy
dislikeable
perturbing
confounded
unsightly
off
catty
severe
muddy
bothersome
unsettling
crude
soiled
unnerving
petty
grungy
cringe-making
abusive
unappealing
contaminated
pesky
dislikable
unsuitable
unrefined
reeking
formidable
direful
disconcerting
gut-wrenching
painful
galling
unfriendly
rubbish
useless
very unpleasant
dirty rotten
irksome
daunting
difficult
rough
piteous
begrimed
blackened
depressing
uncomfortable
befouled
besmirched
brackish
joyless
smudged
bedraggled
bemired
dusty
draggled
stained
dingy
ornery
inappropriate
bum
scuzzy
indelicate
excruciating
tasteless
gloomy
hair-raising
poison
troubling
indecorous
humble
yecchy
serious
stressful
spine-chilling
trying
musty
discomforting
strong
impoverished
traumatic
substandard
slavish
inconsiderate
fraught
distressed
lowly
cussed
grotesque
seedy
poverty-stricken
faulty
unattractive
seamy
agonizingUS
dismaying
affecting
vexatious
hard
inadequate
profaned
discouraging
tremendous
chronic
disheartening
desecrated
hateable
rueful
emetic
agitating
common
grovellingUK
cheerless
grovelingUS
sorrowful
comfortless
mournful
dreaded
doleful
worrying
cantankerous
uncool
godforsaken
stale
bleak
punk
outcast
hopeless
reeky
meagreUK
meagerUS
defective
trashy
agonisingUK
decayed
fearsome
inadmissible
stenchy
scary
unhappy
fusty
redoubtable
unlikable
afflictive
out of place
not pure
destitute
inclement
distorted
deficient
heathen
pagan
non-theistic
dull
subpar
dissatisfactory
worrisome
moving
indigent
touching
torturous
inedible
antagonistic
blasted
fell
suboptimal
uneatable
vitriolic
revulsive
unsympathetic
sleazoid
compassionate
afflicted
stirring
arousing
commiserative
tearful
suffering
feculent
pits
subservient
inconsistent
incompatible
hated
uncouth
discomposing
unbefitting
poxy
tormenting
troublous
infested
insalubrious
unsanitary
unhygienic
startling
messy
measly
indescribable
mediocre
intense
insulting
swinish
biting
cutting
loathed
insipid
flavourlessUK
tenth-rate
sombreUK
vituperative
overwhelming
unwanted
saddening
solemn
somberUS
animal
wounding
miry
dread
low-grade
petrifying
frowzy
frowsy
frowsty
high
shuddersome
acute
decaying
third-rate
second-rate
offending
uncalled for
forlorn
funereal
derogatory
sepulchral
ripe
ill-humoredUS
flavorlessUS
stenchful
discourteous
inconvenient
a load of pants
insolent
weak
pungent
reproachful
savorless
inexpedient
gnarly
unutterable
out of keeping
flat
unfit
derisive
decomposed
strong-smelling
ill-humouredUK
doggish
deviate
hardened
merciful
blithering
shiftless
contorted
impaired
vitiate
poorly
off-colour
crook
off colour
out of sorts
lubricious
demoralizingUS
flaming
detested
execrated
feckless
incompetent
misguided
reviled
base-minded
narrow-minded
discommoding
despised
diseased
senseless
not pleasant
scabrous
craven
insalutary
insignificant
terrorizingUS
sickly
abominated
abhorred
remorseless
scaring
avaricious
resentful
footling
ridiculous
foolish
vexing
vulgarisedUK
vulgarizedUS
stark
oppressed
sucky
pants
bland
uninteresting
repelling
unchivalrous
undecorous
bloody
plebeian
lou
bloodcurdling
terrorisingUK
eerie
piggish
gluttonous
ferine
irrational
calculated
covetous
chunderous
astounding
terribly bad
great
impertinent
stupid
pill
heel
onerous
maggot
homicidal
inept
bungling
unjustifiable
contradictory
opposed
hateworthy
pain
drag
poignant
tear-jerking
plaintive
beast
sanguinary
belligerent
averse
antipathetic
surfeiting
sleazeball
squicky
cloying
below contempt
modest
simple
peasant
ordinary
plain
rocky
woozy
demoralisingUK
yicky
of bad reputation
ill-favouredUK
very disgusting
against
opposite
alien
extrinsic
counter
extraneous
unconformable
different
unfitted
foreign
inhospitable
confrontational
bellicose
combative
pugnacious
pigpen
mighty
ropy
duff
unpopular
disliked
humourlessUK
humorlessUS
sober
mortifying
unskilled
unbelievable
inconceivable
ill-favoredUS
spooky
like death warmed up
frozen
freaking
darned
cotton-picking
infuriating
doggoned
durn
doggone
goddamned
deuced
curst
danged
durned
dang
darn
small
derisible
to be pitied
infected
dirtied
septic
germy
putrescent
angry
unsociable
militant
unrelenting
nagging
ruthful
in opposition
testing
tough
pressured
demanding
frustrating
sedate
ghostly
faint
mortuary
haggard
wraithlike
supernatural
anaemicUK
uncanny
dim
deathlike
corpselike
unearthly
anemicUS
unimaginable
low-status
boring
crashing
irreverential
secular
unblessed
unsanctified
unconsecrated
insensitive
odorous
mouldyUK
moldyUS
humiliated
meek
dejected
deferent
hangdog
self-effacing
unwished-for
afflicting
awkward
faecalUK
in poor taste
blimming
scrappy
furious
ineffable
niffing
routine
gruellingUK
arduous
tiring
in low esteem
in the doghouse
in bad
sarcastic
unsought
scorned
shunned
incommodious
uninvited
rejected
anguished
concerning
biased
prejudiced
explicit
smoky
needy
unhealthful
inexpressible
humming
gamy
stupefying
dreary
humdrum
beyond words
preternatural
undefinable
putrefied
sooty
unwashed
discriminatory
staggering
stunning
astonishing
bewildering
amazing
desolate
brash
bad-mannered
lowbrow
tactless
uncivil
uncultured
unmannerly
for the birds
unwished for
surprising
indescribably bad
indescribably wicked
beyond description
indescribably evil
mud-encrusted
stinking to high heaven
ill-smelling
decomposing
acid
spoiledUS
acidic
rotted
rotting
odoriferous
spoiltUK
skunky
odiferous
spoiling
drab
to be avoided
strictly for the birds
nerve-racking
nail-biting
heart-breaking
extremely bad
nerve-wracking
wanting
unfiltered
adulterated
partisan
penniless
beggared
too horrible for words
uncaring
coldhearted
unpromising
sullen
morose
drear
loutish
colloquial
unpolished
ungracious
affronting
vilifying
suggestive
ill-mannered
impolite
imperfect
amateurish
insufficient
unimpressive
gruelingUS
verminous
slovenly
fecalUS
sloppy
dishevelledUK
soily
horry
disheveledUS
demeaning
fawning
laughable
not nice
depressive
derisory
dreich
lugubrious
saturnine
glum
discriminating
partial
bigoted
unequal
wack
cheapo
irremediable
garbage
crumby
tatty
out
rubbishy
disappointing
penurious
impecunious
sunless
plutonian
tenebrous
lonesome
elegiacal
tenebrific
elegiac
inacceptable
bush
reject
sycophantic
incongruous
unfitting
germ-ridden
disease-ridden
bush-league
below average
poor quality
under par
won't do
low-quality
below standard
poor-quality
below par
half-baked
of low quality
not up to par
not on
second rate
of poor quality
not up to scratch
over the fence
less-than-stellar
from hunger
not up to snuff
second-class
not quite the done thing
two-bit
not up to standard
weighted
slanted
preferential
intolerant
colouredUK
needful
broke
down-and-out
famished
skint
pauperized
dirt-poor
necessitous
threadbare
stormy
beneath
undeserving
blue-collar
obsequious
Cimmerian
a stinker of a
a bummer of a
undue
unbalanced
loaded
uneven
arbitrary
ineligible
hard up
baseborn
basic
tedious
obeisant
unfitting to
valueless
nothing
not good enough
unmerited
out of character with
unsuitable for
out of character
not deserving
not worth
recreant
improper to
out of place with
unbecoming to
not fit
inappropriate to
one-sided
unrightful
non-objective
uncalled-for
coloredUS
rainy
wet
squally
defamatory
blustery
windy
foggy
pejorative
invective
raw
blowy
misty
tempestuous
gusty
calumniatory
denigratory
deprecatory
overcast
louring
slanderous
vituperatory
scurrile
libellousUK
scurril
libelousUS
aspersive
calumnious
derogative
libellingUK
reviling
depreciative
damning
dishonoringUS
reproaching
critical
libelingUS
denigrating
dismissive
excoriating
defaming
maligning
disapproving
detractive
censorious
injuring
dishonouringUK
hurting
abasing
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“My hope is that sufficient pressure will come about to halt the nefarious practices occurring in that accursed place.”
Adjective
▲
Inflicting suffering onto others without conscience
cruel
brutal
savage
inhuman
barbaric
barbarous
brutish
bloodthirsty
murderous
homicidal
cut-throat
vicious
ferocious
fierce
wicked
evil
fiendish
devilish
diabolical
heinous
abominable
monstrous
atrocious
vile
hideous
ghastly
nasty
spiteful
mean
callous
malicious
sadistic
ruthless
merciless
unmerciful
pitiless
malevolent
unsparing
unrelenting
remorseless
uncaring
unsympathetic
malignant
uncharitable
heartless
stony-hearted
hard-hearted
cold-hearted
cold-blooded
bloodless
unfeeling
unemotional
unkind
inhumane
severe
harsh
stern
inclement
flinty
draconian
beastly
dastardly
bestial
depraved
immoral
maleficent
pernicious
sanguinary
truculent
slaughterous
uncompassionate
violent
wolfish
wrathful
brute
butcherly
hateful
roughshod
virulent
wanton
hard
insensitive
stony
cold
obdurate
hard-boiled
compassionless
soulless
case-hardened
thick-skinned
indurate
desensitizedUS
stonyhearted
affectless
ironhearted
pachydermatous
insensate
slash-and-burn
take-no-prisoners
indifferent
desensitisedUK
unforgiving
stoney
unpitying
hardhearted
with a heart of stone
unmoved
tough
unconcerned
lacking compassion
inconsiderate
inflexible
unbending
coldhearted
unresponsive
relentless
apathetic
hardened
implacable
unfriendly
frigid
hard-nosed
mean-spirited
thoughtless
inexorable
cool
unpleasant
austere
grim
unremitting
steely
aloof
hard as nails
icy
hurtful
marble-hearted
vindictive
ungenerous
unyielding
uncompromising
disinterested
untouched
hard-bitten
unsusceptible
intolerant
impassive
unkindly
lukewarm
strict
obtuse
unloving
expressionless
hostile
rigorous
adamant
rigid
inured
tactless
toughened
unsentimental
repellent
halfhearted
aversive
repugnant
feelingless
antipathetic
disagreeable
stone-hearted
shabby
unstirred
flagitious
egregious
dog-eat-dog
fell
snide
ill-natured
unfair
adamantine
cutthroat
unamiable
unappeasable
punishing
unchristian
catty
poker-faced
surly
bad
insensible
without sentiment
malign
emotionless
selfish
rough
unempathetic
stiff
not nice
indurated
deadened
cold fish
stringent
impervious
exacting
unaffected
firm
unimpressionable
as hard as nails
seasoned
crass
impenetrable
imperceptive
inattentive
incurious
uncongenial
benumbed
hard-as-nails
stonehearted
abusive
appalling
cannibalistic
uncommiserating
illiberal
dispassionate
passive
detached
heedless
bearish
gruff
self-centredUK
matter-of-fact
premeditated
imperturbable
killer
rancorous
mortal
ironfisted
feral
revengeful
chilly
tyrannous
punitive
constant
vengeful
blank
stingy
ungracious
unnatural
without pity
foul
hatchetjob
coldblooded
satanic
censorious
frosty
despicable
contemptible
obnoxious
unsympathizing
self-centeredUS
petty
odious
loathsome
deadpan
nonresponsive
fixed
ice-cold
stone-faced
wounding
upsetting
stolid
torpid
stubborn
insentient
spiritless
careless
impenitent
killer instinct
uncivil
inhospitable
armour-plated
invulnerable
anesthetizedUS
churlish
sensationless
crotchety
anaesthetizedUK
cantankerous
uncordial
impassible
insusceptible
stony-eyed
Rhadamanthine
ill
with a hide like an elephant
horrid
unwelcoming
blind to
deaf to
rotten
unmindful
hard-hitting
gross
unsensitive
oblivious
drastic
dishonourableUK
despiteful
cowardly
timid
weak
servile
authoritarian
execrable
currish
dirty
dishonorableUS
deplorable
detestable
scummy
ignominious
low-minded
intractable
resolute
inured to
insensitive of
insensible to
blind
insensitive to
disregardful of
heedless of
insensible of
indifferent to
hardheaded
desperate
hard-line
hard-shelled
two-fisted
immutable
ramrod
refractory
pugnacious
headstrong
heavy-handed
cold-faced
accustomed
habituated
strong
cast-iron
vigorous
sturdy
hardy
rugged
stout
experienced
acclimatizedUS
coarsened
used
irreverent
hard-edged
inaccessible
acclimatisedUK
steeled
cynical
unrepenting
resistant
impious
prepared
contemptuous
disdainful
unsubmissive
unashamed
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