distasteful

[dis-teyst-fuhl] Origin

dis·taste·ful

[dis-teyst-fuhl]
adjective
1.
unpleasant, offensive, or causing dislike: a distasteful chore.
2.
unpleasant to the taste: a distasteful medicine.
3.
showing distaste or dislike.

Origin:
1600–10; distaste + -ful

dis·taste·ful·ly, adverb
dis·taste·ful·ness, noun
un·dis·taste·ful, adjective


1. disagreeable, displeasing; repugnant, repulsive. 2. unpalatable, unsavory.

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Distasteful is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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distasteful (dɪsˈteɪstfʊl)
 
adj
unpleasant or offensive
 
dis'tastefully
 
adv
 
dis'tastefulness
 
n

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distasteful
c.1600, from distaste + -ful.
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