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tasteful

American  
[teyst-fuhl] / ˈteɪst fəl /

adjective

  1. having, displaying, or in accordance with good taste.

    tasteful clothing; a tasteful room.
    Synonyms:
    becoming, suitable, refined, chic, elegant
tasteful British  
/ ˈteɪstfʊl /

adjective

  1. indicating good taste

    a tasteful design

  2. a rare word for tasty

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Other Word Forms

  • tastefully adverb
  • tastefulness noun
  • untasteful adjective
  • untastefully adverb
  • untastefulness noun

Etymology

Origin of tasteful

First recorded in 1605–15; taste + -ful

Example Sentences

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It was not all sensible shapes and tasteful tailoring.

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026

Listing images revealed a tasteful interior, with a neutral, elegant palette used throughout the home, which is filled with natural light.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 6, 2026

Celebs cradle the Yodalike pups, and millennials love them even more than a tasteful beige wall.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

The band immediately followed it with the score for Sofia Coppola’s debut feature, “The Virgin Suicides,” and those two albums locked in Air as the ultimate turn-of-the-century band for tasteful European melancholy.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025

“In less than an hour, Captain Short will be back with her people and we will have sufficient funds to relaunch some of our more tasteful enterprises.”

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

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