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Things you don't want to be

February 11, 2010
Avoid these characteristics!
abhorrent
abominable
appalling
atrocious
awful
beastly
broken-down
confusing
decayed
deformed
despicable
detestable
dingy
dire
direful
dirty
disagreeable
disastrous
diseased
disfigured
disgraceful
disgusting
disheveled
displeasing
disquieting
distasteful
distressing
disturbing
dreaded
dreadful
fearful
fetid
filthy
flavorless
foul
frightful
ghastly
grimy
grisly
gross
grotesque
gruesome
harrowing
hateful
heinous
hideous
homely
horrendous
horrible
horrid
horrific
horrifying
icky
ignoble
ill-favored
impure
inconvenient
indecent
insipid
irksome
loathsome
lousy
low-down
messy
miry
misshapen
moldy
monstrous
muddy
musty
nasty
nauseating
nauseous
noisome
objectionable
obnoxious
odious
odorous
offensive
outrageous
pesky
petrifying
poisonous
poverty-stricken
putrid
ramshackle
rancid
raunchy
reeking
repellent
repelling
reproval
reptilian
repugnant
repulsive
resentful
revolting
rotten
run-down
scandalous
scurvy
seedy
shabby
shady
shameful
shifty
shocking
shoddy
sickening
sloppy
slovenly
soiled
sordid
sour
squalid
stinking
stupefying
tainted
tasteless
terrible
troublesome
troublous
ugly
unacceptable
unappealing
unappetizing
unattractive
unclean
uncomely
uncool
undesirable
unfortunate
unhappy
uninviting
unkempt
unlikable
unlovely
unnerving
unpalatable
unpleasant
unprepossessing
unsavory
unseemly
unsightly
unspeakable
vexatious
vicious
vile
wicked
wretched
yucky
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