Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive; deformed.
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of Alarm
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of Alarm
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of Disfigure
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of Disfigure
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Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious…
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Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious…
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A whimsical figure, or scene, such as is found in old crypts and grottoes.
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A whimsical figure, or scene, such as is found in old crypts and grottoes.
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Frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold; as, a hideous monster; hideous looks.
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Frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold; as, a hideous monster; hideous looks.
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Wanting beauty or attractiveness; deformed; ugly; ill-looking.
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Wanting beauty or attractiveness; deformed; ugly; ill-looking.
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Of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious; cross; crabbed; surly; as, an ill-natured person.
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Of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious; cross; crabbed; surly; as, an ill-natured person.
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Marvelous; strange.
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Marvelous; strange.
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Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force.
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Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force.
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Pertaining to scrofula, or partaking of its nature; as, scrofulous tumors; a scrofulous habit of body.
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Pertaining to scrofula, or partaking of its nature; as, scrofulous tumors; a scrofulous habit of body.
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Not lovely; not amiable; possessing qualities that excite dislike; disagreeable; displeasing; unpleasant.
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Not lovely; not amiable; possessing qualities that excite dislike; disagreeable; displeasing; unpleasant.
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The quality or state of being ugly.
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The quality or state of being ugly.
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Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement…
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Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement…
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of Displease
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of Displease
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An assemblage or graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the aesthetic faculty, or the moral sense.
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An assemblage or graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the aesthetic faculty, or the moral sense.
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Extremely heinous; full of enormous wickedness; as, atrocious quilt or deeds.
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Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; as, a despicable man; despicable company; a despicable gift.
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Full of fright; affrighted; frightened.
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Exciting, or tending to excite, horror or fear; dreadful; terrible; shocking; hideous; as, a horrible sight; a horrible story; a horrible murder.
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of Horrify
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Of or pertaining to slime; resembling slime; of the nature of slime; viscous; glutinous; also, covered or daubed with slime; yielding, or abounding i…
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Arrogant; haughty.
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Not worthy; wanting merit, value, or fitness; undeserving; worthless; unbecoming; -- often with of.
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Low; base; worthless; mean; despicable.
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Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless garment;…
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Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.
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Having the qualities which constitute beauty; pleasing to the sight or the mind.
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Having the qualities which constitute beauty; pleasing to the sight or the mind.
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