Negative words to describe a place

Nippy

- a sharp biting taste

Abandoned

- forsaken by owner or inhabitants

- free from constraint

Abject

- of the most contemptible kind

- most unfortunate or miserable

- showing utter resignation or hopelessness

- showing humiliation or submissiveness

Abysmal

- very great; limitless

- resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable

Airless

- lacking fresh air

Apocalyptic

- prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom

- of or relating to an apocalypse

Banal

- repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

Barren

- an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

- not bearing offspring

- completely wanting or lacking

Bedraggled

- limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud

- in deplorable condition

Bizarre

- conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

Bleak

- unpleasantly cold and damp

Constricting

- (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom

Craggy

Crumbly

- easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder

Crummy

Cursed

- deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier

- in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell

Disgusting

- highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

Disorderly

- undisciplined and unruly

- in utter disorder

Drafty

- not airtight

Dusty

- covered with a layer of dust

Eerie

- suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious

- inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening

Elusive

- difficult to describe

- skillful at eluding capture

- difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze

Empty

- holding or containing nothing

- devoid of significance or point

- needing nourishment

- emptied of emotion

Evil

- morally bad or wrong

- having the nature of vice

- the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice

Extraneous

- not pertinent to the matter under consideration

- not essential

- not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source

Frosty

- covered with frost

Frowzy

Frozen

- turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold

- absolutely still

- not thawed

- not convertible to cash

Fusty

- stale and unclean smelling

- old-fashioned and out of date

Ghastly

- shockingly repellent; inspiring horror

Gloomy

- filled with melancholy and despondency

Greasy

- containing an unusual amount of grease or oil

- smeared or soiled with grease or oil

Grisly

Gritty

Harmful

- causing or capable of causing harm

Hazardous

- involving risk or danger

Hellish

Horrible

Hostile

- characterized by enmity or ill will

- not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally

- impossible to bring into friendly accord

- very unfavorable to life or growth

- unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company ( used of attempts to buy or take control of a business)

Inscrutable

Insubstantial

- lacking material form or substance; unreal

- lacking in nutritive value

Intolerable

- incapable of being put up with

Isolated

- not close together in time

- cut off or left behind

- under forced isolation especially for health reasons

Jagged

- having a sharply uneven surface or outline

Jammed

- filled to capacity

Jerkwater

- small and remote and insignificant

Jinxed

Jungly

- overgrown with tropical vegetation

Kookie

Lawless

- disobedient to or defiant of law

Leaky

- permitting the unwanted passage of fluids or gases

- used informally; unable to retain urine

Lifeless

- deprived of life; no longer living

- destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings

- lacking animation or excitement or activity

- not having the capacity to support life

Loathsome

Loud

- characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity

Mediocre

- moderate to inferior in quality

- poor to middling in quality

Messy

- dirty and disorderly

Miserable

- very unhappy; full of misery

- characterized by physical misery

Morose

Muddy

- dirty with mud

- cause to become muddy

- make turbid

Narrow

- not wide

- limited in size or scope

- very limited in degree

Needy

- needy people collectively

- demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree

Nondescript

- a person is not easily classified and not very interesting

Notorious

Obscene

- designed to incite to indecency or lust

Odious

Oppressive

- weighing heavily on the senses or spirit

- marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior

Parched

- toasted or roasted slightly

Pathetic

- inspiring mixed contempt and pity

- inspiring scornful pity

Penurious

Piteous

Pitiable

Ratty

- of or characteristic of rats

- dirty and infested with rats

Rebellious

- resisting control or authority

- participating in organized resistance to a constituted government

Revolting

Ridiculous

Riotous

Scary

Semiarid

- somewhat arid

Smelly

Spooky

Stormy

- (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion

- characterized by violent emotions or behavior

Strange

- being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird

- not known before

Tawdry

Terrible

Timeworn

Tumultuous

Turbulent

Tyrannical

Unattractive

- lacking beauty or charm

- lacking power to arouse interest

- not appealing to the senses

Uncanny

Unclean

- having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws

Underdeveloped

- not yet fully developed

Undesirable

- not wanted

- not worthy of being chosen (especially as a spouse)

Unproductive

- not producing or capable of producing

- not producing desired results

Untidy

- not neat and tidy

Weird

- strikingly odd or unusual; some weird effect of shadow"- Bram Stoker

Windy

- resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability

Worst

- to the highest degree of inferiority or badness

- the greatest damage or wickedness of which one is capable

- the weakest effort or poorest achievement one is capable of

Worthless

- lacking in usefulness or value

Wretched

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