Vocabulary - Word Group 18

Word Group : Disgusting / Offensive



No
Word
Meaning
Sentence
1
Defile
Damage the purity or appearance of; mar or spoil
The land was defiled by a previous owner
2
Fetid
Smelling extremely unpleasant
The fetid water of the marsh
3
Invidious
(of an action or situation) likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others
She’d put herself in an invidious position
 4
Noisome
Having an extremely offensive smell
Noisome vapours from the smouldering waste
5
Odious
Extremely unpleasant; repulsive
A pretty odious character
6
Putrid
1.     (of an organic matter) decaying or rotting and emitting a fetid smell
2.     Very unpleasant; repulsive
1.     A butcher who sold putrid meat
2.     The cocktail is  a putrid pink colour
7
Rebarbative
Unattractive and objectionable
Rebarbative modern buildings 

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