Word Group : Disgusting / Offensive
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Word
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Meaning
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Sentence
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1
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Defile
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Damage the purity or appearance
of; mar or spoil
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The land was defiled by a
previous owner
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2
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Fetid
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Smelling extremely unpleasant
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The fetid water of the marsh
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3
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Invidious
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(of an action or situation)
likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others
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She’d put herself in an invidious
position
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4
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Noisome
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Having an extremely offensive smell
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Noisome vapours from the smouldering waste
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5
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Odious
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Extremely unpleasant; repulsive
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A pretty odious character
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6
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Putrid
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1.
(of an organic matter) decaying or rotting and
emitting a fetid smell
2.
Very unpleasant; repulsive
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1.
A butcher who sold putrid meat
2.
The cocktail is a putrid pink colour
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7
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Rebarbative
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Unattractive and objectionable
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Rebarbative modern buildings
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