distasteful en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /dɪsˈteɪstfəɫ/ (UK)
Etymology
From distaste + -ful or dis- + tasteful.
Meanings
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Having a bad or foul taste.
The food had very distasteful flavour.
Near-synonym: unpalatable
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(figuratively) Unpleasant.
All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. […] Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connection—or rather as a transition from the subject that had started their conversation—such talk had been distressingly out of place.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIV, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, pages 198–199:Scrubbing the floors was a distasteful duty to perform.
Near-synonym: unpalatable
He imbitters not a diſtaſtfull meſſage to a forrein Prince by his indiſcretion in delivering it.
1642, Thomas Fuller, “The Good Herald”, in The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel for John Williams, […], →OCLC, book II, paragraph 2, page 142:
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Offensive.
AIDS is primarily a sexually transmitted disease and to not focus on the documented routes of transmission — however distasteful they may be to some legislators — is an ineffective and bigoted means of education by any standards.
1987 December 27, Kenneth J. Trask, “Stop Crossing Your Legs, Governor”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 24, page 5:distasteful language
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most distasteful | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| distastefull | alternative | lexicographic | |
| more distasteful | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
undistasteful · distastefulness · distastefully
Relateds
bad taste in one's mouth · disgusting · untasteful
Synonyms
Translations (77)
fi epämiellyttävä (unpleasant) · de widerwärtig (unpleasant) · de anstößig (offensive) · bg противен (unpleasant) · cmn 令人不快的 (unpleasant) · sw karaha (having a bad or foul taste) · fi vastenmielinen (having a bad or foul taste) · da væmmelig (having a bad or foul taste) · ru оскорби́тельный (offensive) · fi vastenmielinen (offensive) · ro dezgustător (having a bad or foul taste) · bg неприятен (unpleasant) · fr désagréable (unpleasant) · de geschmacklos (having a bad or foul taste) · ru проти́вный (unpleasant) · cmn 難吃的 /难吃的 (having a bad or foul taste) · ro ofensator (offensive) · ro dezagreabil (unpleasant) · da frastødende (offensive) · sw karaha (unpleasant) · fr déplaisant (unpleasant) · gv meehaitnyssagh (unpleasant) · de widerwärtig (having a bad or foul taste) · gv meevlaystal (having a bad or foul taste) · mi matakawa (having a bad or foul taste) · fr de mauvais goût (offensive) · da modbydelig (offensive) · fi törkeä (offensive) · da smagløs (offensive) · cmn 冒犯性的 (offensive) · pt de mau gosto (offensive) · pdt wadalich (offensive) · mi kūtaitai (having a bad or foul taste) · gv meevianagh (unpleasant) · da ækel (having a bad or foul taste) · es desagradable (having a bad or foul taste) · pl niesmaczny (having a bad or foul taste) · ru неприя́тный (having a bad or foul taste) · fi mauton (offensive) · mi matakawa (unpleasant) · tr tatsız (unpleasant) · tr tatsız (having a bad or foul taste) · da ulækker (having a bad or foul taste) · sv smaklös (offensive) · tr nahoş (unpleasant) · bg отвратителен (having a bad or foul taste) · pl przykry (unpleasant) · da smagløs (unpleasant) · da afskyelig (offensive) · sw karaha (offensive) · pt desagradável (having a bad or foul taste) · mi pāhare (having a bad or foul taste) · fi mauton (unpleasant) · fi pahanmakuinen (having a bad or foul taste) · ro neplăcut (having a bad or foul taste) · pl niesmaczny (unpleasant) · ro neplăcut (unpleasant) · ba тәмһеҙ (having a bad or foul taste) · mi pūkawa (offensive) · sv smaklös (unpleasant) · ru неприя́тный (unpleasant) · es disgustoso (having a bad or foul taste) · mi kōtuhi (having a bad or foul taste) · sv äcklig (having a bad or foul taste) · sv osmaklig (offensive) · es chocante (offensive) · fi loukkaava (offensive) · es desagradable (unpleasant) · de unangenehm (unpleasant) · fi vastenmielinen (unpleasant) · sv illasmakande (having a bad or foul taste) · es ofensivo (offensive) · sv frånstötande (offensive) · pt desagradável (unpleasant) · ru отврати́тельный (having a bad or foul taste) · bg отблъскващ (offensive) · cmn 無禮的 /无礼的 (offensive)