Meaning of DISTASTEFUL
| Pronunciation: | | dis'teystful
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- [adj] 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"
- [adj] not pleasing in odor or taste
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| | Synonyms: | | disgustful, disgusting, foul, loathly, loathsome, offensive, repellant, repellent, repelling, revolting, skanky, unpalatable, unsavory, unsavoury, wicked, yucky |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| | Related Terms: | | abhorrent, abominable, bitter, detestable, disagreeable, disgusting, dislikable, displeasing, flat, flavorless, foul, foul-tasting, fulsome, galling, grievous, hateful, ill-flavored, insipid, intolerable, loathsome, mislikable, nasty, nauseating, nauseous, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive, painful, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, savorless, sour, tasteless, thankless, ugly, unalluring, unappealing, unappetizing, unattractive, uncongenial, undelectable, undelicious, undesirable, unengaging, unenjoyable, uninviting, unlikable, unlovable, unpalatable, unpleasant, unpleasing, unsavory, untasteful, untasty, unwelcome |
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