distasteful

distasteful
adjective Date: 1607 1. a. objectionable because offensive to one's personal taste ; unpleasant, disagreeable <
found the job distasteful
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a shady, distasteful character
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b. objectionable because in poor taste, inappropriate, or unethical <
a harmless stroking…but it seems oddly distasteful in retrospectRichard Sandza et al.
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2. unpleasant to the taste <
distasteful unripe fruit
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distastefully adverbdistastefulness noun

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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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

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