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Meaning:
abhorrent

causing a person to be shocked, disgusted

disgusting

abominable

causing disgust because bad

awful, detestable

base

(of a person, behaviour, thought) dishonourable; immoral

vulgar, low

damned

(used to emphasize annoyance etc)

hateful, unwelcome

despicable

deserving to be despised

hateful; beyond contempt

evil

very wicked, bad; likely to cause trouble

sinful, immoral

fetid

(of liquids) stinking

foul, rancid

filthy

very dirty

dirty, polluted

foul

causing disgust; having a bad smell or taste; very bad and strong

disgusting, dirty

ghastly

pale and ill; causing horror or fear

horrifying, dreadful; pale

gruesome

causing horror and disgust

horrible, awful

hateful

extremely unpleasant

nasty, obnoxious

hideous

filling the mind with horror

grotesque, horrible

horrible

causing extreme disgust, fear etc

unpleasant

horrific

horrifying

horrible

indefinable

that cannot be defined or put in words

unspeakable

inexpressible

that cannot be put into words

unspeakable

infamous

wicked; shameful; disgraceful

shameful, bad in reputation

monstrous

of a large size and strange shape; causing horror and disgust

unnatural, shocking

nasty

disgusting, unpleasant; immoral; threatening

disgusting, offensive

obnoxious

(of smell, behaviour etc) very unpleasant

offensive, repulsive

obscene

(of words, thoughts, pictures etc) morally disgusting, offensive (especially because describing sex indecently)

indecent, offensive, immoral

odious

extremely unpleasant

hateful, horrible

off-putting

rude and impolite

very disgusting, offensive

overripe

too ripe

decayed, decaying

rancid

having the smell or taste of stale fat or butter

rotten, strong-smelling

rank

(a position in) a category or class; grade in the armed forces; a line of people or things

stinking, foul

repugnant

causing a feeling of strong dislike

bad, obnoxious; hostile

repulsive

causing a strong feeling of disgust

very disgusting, offensive

revolting

very bad and unpleasant

disgusting, nauseating

rotten

having gone bad; very unpleasant, ill, bad etc

decayed, decaying

seasick

(feeling) sick because of the movement of a ship

disgusting

shocking

very bad or wrong; causing shock; severe

outrageous; very surprising

terrible

causing great fear or horror; causing great discomfort; extreme; extremely bad

bad, horrible

ugly

unpleasant to look at; dangerous, unpleasant

unattractive

undesirable

(of a person) not welcome, liked

offensive, unacceptable

unlikable

not likable

offensive, unacceptable

unprepossessing

unattractive (the usual word)

unattractive

unspeakable

that cannot be expressed or described in words

very bad; beyond description

verminous

dirty, polluted

dirty, polluted

vile

shameful and disgusting; very bad

offensive, horrible

LOATHSOME as in Wiktionary
LOATHSOME as in Wikipedia