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Distasteful — Dis*taste ful, a. 1. Unpleasant or disgusting to the taste; nauseous; loathsome. [1913 Webster] 2. Offensive; displeasing to the feelings; disagreeable; as, a distasteful truth. [1913 Webster] Distasteful answer, and sometimes unfriendly actions … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
distasteful — index bitter (acrid tasting), deplorable, heinous, loathsome, objectionable, offensive (offending), repugnant (exciting aversion) … Law dictionary
distasteful — c.1600, from DISTASTE (Cf. distaste) + FUL (Cf. ful). Related: Distastefully; distastefulness … Etymology dictionary
distasteful — obnoxious, *repugnant, repellent, abhorrent, invidious Analogous words: *hateful, odious, detestable, abominable: *offensive, loathsome, repulsive, repugnant, revolting Antonyms: agreeable: palatable Contrasted words: *pleasant, pleasing,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
distasteful — [adj] repulsive, unpleasant abhorrent, abominable, afflictive, bitter, detestable, disagreeable, dislikable, displeasing, flat, flavorless, galling, grievous, grody*, gross*, hateful, icky*, insipid, loathsome, nauseous, objectionable, obnoxious … New thesaurus
distasteful — [dis′tāst′fəl, dis′tāst΄fəl] adj. 1. unpleasant to taste 2. causing distaste; disagreeable distastefully adv. distastefulness n … English World dictionary
distasteful — adj. 1) distasteful to (his behavior was distasteful to everyone) 2) distasteful to + inf. (it was distasteful for me to have to enforce discipline) * * * [dɪs teɪstf(ə)l] distasteful to (his behavior was distasteful to everyone) distasteful to + … Combinatory dictionary
distasteful — distastefully, adv. distastefulness, n. /dis tayst feuhl/, adj. 1. unpleasant, offensive, or causing dislike: a distasteful chore. 2. unpleasant to the taste: a distasteful medicine. 3. showing distaste or dislike. [1600 10; DISTASTE + FUL] Syn.… … Universalium
distasteful — adjective a) Having a bad or foul taste Scrubbing the floors was a distasteful duty to perform. b) unpleasant distasteful language Ant: pl … Wiktionary
distasteful — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ▪ find sth ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc … Collocations dictionary
