distasteful
unpleasant, offensive, or causing dislike: a distasteful chore.
unpleasant to the taste: a distasteful medicine.
showing distaste or dislike.
Origin of distasteful
1Other words for distasteful
1 | disagreeable, displeasing; repugnant, repulsive |
2 | unpalatable, unsavory |
Other words from distasteful
- dis·taste·ful·ly, adverb
- dis·taste·ful·ness, noun
- un·dis·taste·ful, adjective
Words Nearby distasteful
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How to use distasteful in a sentence
Even if you had sympathy for her, the superstar-victim routine could be distasteful.
The Supreme Court, in a 5-to-4 ruling, essentially upheld the ability of Congress to change the terms of bonds, even though it found the action distasteful and unconstitutional.
Why a debt ceiling breach would not be the first U.S. default | Glenn Kessler | October 7, 2021 | Washington PostWhich is all to say that, García Martínez’s writing, even if distasteful to some, has not obviously impacted his career until now.
How angry Apple employees’ petition led to a controversial new hire’s departure | Shirin Ghaffary | May 14, 2021 | VoxHowever, Miss Manners encourages you not to succumb to the distasteful idea that one should dress modestly so as not to give others “the wrong idea.”
Miss Manners: Parent’s self-insult sticks in kid’s craw | Judith Martin, Nicholas Martin, Jacobina Martin | March 26, 2021 | Washington PostThere is the unspoken but clear message that he finds that part of the business — basically the entire business — distasteful.
distasteful those ads might be, but restrictions on political speech should be exercised with great deliberation and caution.
Activist Larry Kramer claims Barbra finds gay sex ‘distasteful.’
Streisand’s Gay Sex Problem, and the Death of the Gay Icon | Tim Teeman | May 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut to use the “hook” of the Newtown massacre to drive marketing is somewhere between distasteful and indecent.
Organizing for Action Wants Your Newtown Anniversary Party to Be a Success | Stuart Stevens | December 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd when Carter was doing all this pot smoking and stuff in the White House, I found it terribly distasteful.
Honesty is difficult, perhaps distasteful, in talking of man just now dead.
If the journey is now distasteful to her, she has but her own rashness to blame in having sought it herself.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniFor that reason a marriage distasteful to both had already been arranged between him and the Roshinara Begum.
The Red Year | Louis TracyTo address Fleurette, impalpable creation of fairyland, as “old girl” was particularly distasteful.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeThe diversions which had been the serious employment of his youth became distasteful to him.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayBut if I had had the slightest idea that the subject was distasteful to you I would not have dreamed of mentioning it.
The Double Four | E. Phillips Oppenheim
British Dictionary definitions for distasteful
/ (dɪsˈteɪstfʊl) /
unpleasant or offensive
Derived forms of distasteful
- distastefully, adverb
- distastefulness, noun
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