Synonyms of reptilian

reptilian

adjective

as in repulsive

Synonyms & Similar Words

• repulsive
• revolting
• disgusting
• repugnant
• loathsome
• detestable
• abominable
• hateful
• odious
• abhorrent
• revulsive
• disreputable
• shameful
• scabby
• despicable
• dishonorable
• vile
• execrable
• disgraceful
• grubby
• ignominious
• pitiful
• discreditable
• base
• ignoble
• contemptible
• sordid
• lame
• deplorable
• scummy
• pitiable
• dirty
• ratty
• scurvy
• wretched
• lousy
• squalid
• condemnable
• shabby
• sorry
• dastardly
• nasty
• craven
• cowardly
• paltry
• cheap
• mean
• cruddy
• unscrupulous
• reprehensible
• unprincipled
• low
• sneaking
• unethical
• reproachable
• censurable
• blamable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• admirable
• creditable
• noble
• praiseworthy
• meritorious
• laudable
• commendable
• upright
• honorable
• honest
• moral
• redoubtable
• scrupulous
• reputable
• ethical
• principled
• right
• righteous
• good
• virtuous
• high-minded
• right-minded

Examples of reptilian in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Set in a future where mankind is warring with a reptilian alien species, Mine starred Dennis Quaid has a human pilot and Louis Gossett Jr. as an alien who crash land on a desolate planet. —Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 June 2024

Her monstrous shape lunges, wedge-head swinging, fixing us with reptilian glare: hard, cold, glittering, driving as a Cadillac, and seeming as emotionless. —Naila Moreira, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024

Caricatures of Soros as a malevolent wizard—or even as some kind of literally reptilian monster—tap into a rich vein of European anti-Semitic imagery. —Michael Abramowitz, Foreign Affairs, 6 Apr. 2018

The latter would be bundled into a launcher, sent above the atmosphere and released like flying fish, one after another—hundreds or thousands of them—so many that like the reptilian reproduction strategy, losing a few would not matter. —Ann Finkbeiner, Scientific American, 22 Dec. 2016