distasteful

[ dis-teyst-fuhl ]

/ dɪsˈteɪst fəl /

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adjective

unpleasant, offensive, or causing dislike: a distasteful chore.

unpleasant to the taste: a distasteful medicine.

showing distaste or dislike.

RELATED WORDS

Nearby words

distance university, distant, distant early warning, distant flap, distaste, distasteful, distelfink, distemper, distemperature, distemperoid, distend

Origin of distasteful

First recorded in 1600–10; distaste + -ful

SYNONYMS FOR distasteful

1 disagreeable, displeasing; repugnant, repulsive.

2 unpalatable, unsavory.

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Related forms

dis·taste·ful·ly, adverbdis·taste·ful·ness, nounun·dis·taste·ful, adjective

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Examples from the Web for distasteful

Distasteful those ads might be, but restrictions on political speech should be exercised with great deliberation and caution.
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The automatic-trigger cuts—the last major sticking point on Sunday—would be designed to be distasteful to both parties.
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It used to be that we loved rich people; then recently we came to find them distasteful, or at least wasteful.
Why We Despise Sex and the City|Choire Sicha|May 31, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Personally, I find this story too distasteful to delve too deeply into it.
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It would be disrespectful and distasteful for me to discuss her and her situation directly.
Inside the Dead Girl's Wild Nightclub|Jeff Deeney|July 25, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Somehow, Kay found this latter thought disturbing and distasteful.
The Pride of Palomar|Peter B. Kyne
The superlative, so distasteful in the temperate region, has vivacity in the Eastern speech.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864|Various
In the mind of modern man a feeling, distasteful to the antique pact, has evolved.
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He spoke in a cold, dead tone, as if making a necessary but distasteful explanation to a stranger.
Lost|Edward Bellamy
For a distasteful moment after he had lain down he wondered if he had been altogether just.
Babbitt|Sinclair Lewis

British Dictionary definitions for distasteful

distasteful

/ (dɪsˈteɪstfʊl) /

adjective

unpleasant or offensive

Derived Forms

distastefully, adverbdistastefulness, noun

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