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Sense: Adjective: offensive

Synonyms:

offensive , repulsive, dreadful , disgusting , horrid, nasty , awful , appalling , revolting, atrocious, obnoxious , loathsome, despicable , sickening, repellent, rotten , rank , nauseating, vile, wretched , hideous , abominable, deplorable, detestable, foul , hateful, horrendous, odious, repugnant, terrible , unspeakable, egregious

Sense: Adjective: disturbing

Synonyms:

disturbing , awful , terrible , atrocious, horrendous, appalling , horrifying, horrid, horrific, shocking , gruesome , ghastly , dreadful , nightmarish, macabre

Sense: Adjective: scary

Synonyms:

scary , terrifying , frightful, frightening , fearsome, spine-chilling, hair-raising, blood-curdling, forbidding, horrifying, horrendous, dreadful , dire , ghastly , terrible , horripilating (literary)

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