attributive or as adj. Monstrous, shocking, conspicuously bad or disgraceful.

Hurtful, harmful, injurious. Obsolete.

Of a thing: unpleasant, disagreeable; objectionable, annoying. In recent use frequently in heightened sense: offensive; repellent.

Cowardly. Obsolete. rare.

of, resembling, or characteristic of a whelp.

transferred and figurative. (a) Heathen-like; unchristian, uncivilized, barbarous; unworthy of a Christian; (b) colloquial abominable, disgusting…

Of the nature of a viper; resembling a viper in character or action; having the attributes or evil qualities of a viper.

As adj. Verminous. Obsolete. rare.

Of the nature of, consisting of, vermin; like or resembling vermin in character; noxious, objectionable, offensive. Of things.

Improper; unnatural; objectionable.

Consisting or composed of vermin.

figurative. As if sour with age or decomposition; disagreeable, odious, nasty. Also occasionally as n.

Of the nature of vermin; like (that of) vermin.

Like or resembling a spider or that of a spider; having the characteristic appearance or qualities of a spider; spidery.

That may be excepted against; open to objection. Now chiefly with negative words.

Of a person: dishonest, mean, contemptible. Also: characteristic of such a person. Cf. skunk, n. 2a.

British colloquial. Of a person or thing: contemptible, disreputable; dirty, rough; unpleasant, offensive.

contemptible; stupid.

Unpleasant, dirty, nasty, ugly, etc.: a general term of disapproval.

Disgusting, revolting, ‘gross’; dirty, unhygienic, squalid; unattractive, slovenly, sloppy. Frequently in grody to the max, unspeakably awful, ‘the…