DISTASTEFUL

disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky

(adjective) highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; “a disgusting smell”; “distasteful language”; “a loathsome disease”; “the idea of eating meat is repellent to me”; “revolting food”; “a wicked stench”

distasteful, unsavory, unsavoury

(adjective) not pleasing in odor or taste

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

distasteful (comparative more distasteful, superlative most distasteful)

Having a bad or foul taste.

(figuratively) Unpleasant.

Offensive.

Antonyms

• pleasant, pleasing

Source: Wiktionary


Dis*taste"ful, a.

1. Unpleasant or disgusting to the taste; nauseous; loathsome.

2. Offensive; displeasing to the feelings; disagreeable; as, a distasteful truth. Distasteful answer, and sometimes unfriendly actions. Milton.

3. Manifesting distaste or dislike; repulsive. "Distasteful looks." Shak.

Syn.

– Nauseous; unsavory; unpalatable; offensive; displeasing; dissatisfactory; disgusting. - Dis*taste"ful*ly, adv.

– Dis*taste"ful*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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