in bad taste en · ADP
Meanings
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(idiomatic) Offensive or inappropriate (of an action, often of jokes).
Jokes about someone’s physical appearance are in bad taste.
While some envied not finding their own Rolls-Royce like his under the tree, and instead smiled as they opened a pair of socks or new pajamas, others saw it as an ostentation in bad taste.
2022 December 28, Marta Rodríguez Peleteiro, “Georgina criticised for “almost pornographic” gift to Cristiano Ronaldo”, in AS USA:
Synonyms
Translations (8)
es de mal gusto (inappropriate) · es picudo (inappropriate) · fi mauton (inappropriate) · it di cattivo gusto (inappropriate) · es de pésimo gusto (inappropriate) · fr de mauvais goût (inappropriate) · pl w złym guście (inappropriate) · de geschmacklos (inappropriate)