unsavouryunsavoryadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈseɪv(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˌənˈseɪv(ə)ri/

Forms: Also 1500s (superlative) vnsavorest.

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1.

†1.

a. Having no savour; not attractive to the taste; tasteless, insipid. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > insipidity > [adjective]

wallowc897

smatchless?c1225

unsavoury?c1225

fresha1398

savourlessa1398

wearish1398

wershed1398

fond?c1430

unsavoured1435

palled1440

mildc1450

walsh1513

wallowish1548

dead1552

waterish1566

cold1585

flatten1594

seasonless1595

wersha1599

blown1600

flash1601

fatuous1608

tasteless1611

flat1617

insipid1620

ingustable1623

flashy1625

flatted1626

saltless1633

gustless1636

remiss1655

rheumatical1655

untasteable1656

vapid1656

exolete1657

distasted1662

vappous1673

insulse1676

toothless1679

mawkisha1697

intastable1701

waugh1703

impoignant1733

flavourless1736

instimulating1740

deadish1742

mawky1755

brineless1791

wishy-washy1791

keestless1802

shilpit1814

wish-washy1814

sapidless1821

silent1826

slushy1839

bland1878

spendsavour1879

wish-wash1896

dolled1917

spiceless1980

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 191 Loke nu hwa gruccheð..of mistrume mel. of unsauure metes. of poure pitance.

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 425 Fresshe flesshe other fisshe whan it salt failleth, It is vnsauory.

c1400 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ (1908) 108 Til thoruȝ his mercy..the vnsauery water and colde of aduersitie..be torned in to wyne and conforte.

1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy v, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 74 Also is Weerish tast called Unsavoury.

1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions i. 87 Choler is bitter:..Phlegme, vnsavery as water.

1601 Bp. W. Barlow Def. Protestants Relig. 89 The white of an egge, without salt, is flash, and vnsavery, sayth Job.

1610 G. Carleton Iurisdict. 261 The Pope would hereby prooue vnsauery salt good for nothing but to be troden vnderfoot of men.

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 284 Crying out.., tread me under feet, as unsavory salt.

1785 W. Cowper Task i. 125 Hard fare! but such as boyish appetite Disdains not; nor the palate, undeprav'd By culinary arts, unsav'ry deems.

in extended use.c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 822 Þis vn-sauere hyne Louez no salt in her sauce.1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xix. 141 b That same stemme of the Judaicall figtree brought foorth..vnsauourie, & vnripe people.1585 R. Greene Planetomachia i. sig. F4^v Phlegme..doulce, vnsauory & natural.

b. figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > bland or insipid

colourlessc1425

unsavouryc1449

wearish?1533

wersha1599

tasteless1603

tame1604

juiceless1620

water gruela1627

dry1632

soulless1632

frigid1643

vapid1656

insipida1684

fade1715

heartless1780

vapid1785

achromatic1799

sauceless1817

albuminous1858

antiseptic1891

flat-footed1899

unatmospheric1913

defanged1920

anodyne1933

spiceless1942

tea-party1961

nothingburger1965

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 89 If such maner of arguyng..schulde be sett in sermonyng, the sermon schulde be ful vnsauory.

c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi ii. viii. 48 Hov dry & hov harde þou art wiþoute ihesu! hov unsauory, hov veyne, if þou coueite eny þinge wiþoute ihesu!

1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1291/1 The context of the story shuld..seme very farre vnsauery, by reason of the often interposicion of the iniciall letters.

1540 R. Morison tr. J. L. Vives Introd. Wysedome (new ed.) G ij Bodely workes be unsavery, excepte they have sauce from the hart.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1188 Some..will say..that the oracles..be none of his [sc. Apollo's], because they are but rudely made and unsavery.

1637 J. Milton Comus 25 The good thereof Consists in mutuall and partaken blisse, Vnsavourie in th'injoyment of it selfe.

†c. Botany. (See quots.) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > [adjective] > having a particular taste

unsavoury1548

biting1597

styptive1640

1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. G.v^v Symphytum petreum..may be called in english vnsauery Mergerum.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 948 Abrotanum Inodorum. Vnsauorie Sothernwood growes flat vpon the grounde with broade leaues.

1660 J. Ray Catalogus Plantarum Cantabrigiam Index Plantarum 6 Unsavoury field Cranes-bill, cicutæ folio inodorum.

1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum Thymum Inodorum, Unsavory Thyme.

a. Unpleasant or disagreeable to the taste.

ΚΠ

c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 46 For scheep ben goode for to ete, and getis fleish is unsavery.

c1400 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iv. ii. 58 These fowle buskes and wylde myght nought fructyfyen no..lusty fruyte, but bytter and vnsauoury.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 189^v The flesshe of this beaste, is fylthy and vnsauery.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 86^v The geathered Olyue, yf it lye to long in heapes, putrifieth by reason of heate, and makes vnsauery oyle.

1639 J. Woodall Treat. Plague in Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) 356 An approoved good Medicine, and not much unsavovry to bee taken.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 401 Unsavourie food perhaps To spiritual Natures.

1812 J. J. Henry Accurate Acct. Campaign against Quebec 97 Towards March they become unsavoury, but in no way tainted.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. iii. 42 As unsavory a dose of flax-seed and quinine as was ever honored by the name of beer.

b. Disagreeable or offensive to the sense of smell, or to refined feelings.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [adjective]

foul-stinkingOE

poignantc1387

rammishc1395

rank1479

reekya1500

puanta1529

unsavoury1539

uglyc1540

contagious1547

noisome1559

fulsome1576

fetid1599

nasty1601

unsweet1605

rammy1607

stenchful1615

stinkardly1616

rancid1627

reeking1629

pungent1644

olidous1646

stenching1654

graveolent1657

maleolent1657

virous1661

olid1680

ranciduous1688

feculent1703

virose1756

stenchy1757

infragrant1813

inodorous1823

nosy1836

malodorous1850

unfragrant1858

smelly1862

cacodorous1863

stinky1888

funked out1893

niffya1903

whiffy1905

pongy1936

fresh1966

minging1970

bogging1973

bowfing1983

honking1985

1539 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 55 These excrementes be none other, but matter superfluouse and vnsauery.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 51 Thee victals..They do leaue haulf mangled with sent vnsauerye bepoudred.

1591 H. Unton Corr. (1847) 199 In his sicknes none could endure to be with him, he was so unsavorie.

a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 108 Those..which scent an unsavory breath, turne their heads aside.

a1677 J. Taylor Contempl. State Man (1684) ii. vi. 247 Unsavoury Smells, so proper unto Prisons.

1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 598 Unsavoury stench of oil.

1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 196 The smoke of lamps, The pent-up breath of an unsav'ry throng.

1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. ii. 103 An unsavoury little beast, called bug.

figurative.1547 J. Harrison Exhort. Scottes 213 I will stirre that vnsauery sinke of treson and trecherie.proverbial.1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. Div Great boste and smal roste, Maketh vnsauery mouthes.

a. Unpleasant, disagreeable, distasteful.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adjective] > unpleasant

loatha700

unsweetc890

grimlyc893

unquemeOE

un-i-quemeOE

evila1131

sourc1175

illc1220

unhightlyc1275

unwelcomec1325

unblithec1330

unnetc1330

unrekena1350

unagreeablec1374

uncouthc1380

unsavouryc1380

displeasantc1386

unlikinga1398

ungaina1400

crabbedc1400

unlovelyc1400

displeasing1401

eschewc1420

unsoot1420

mislikinga1425

unlikelya1425

unlustya1425

fastidiousc1425

unpleasantc1430

displicable1471

unthankfulc1475

displeasant1481

uneasy1483

unpleasinga1500

unfaring1513

badc1530

malpleasant?1533

noisome1542

thanklessa1547

ungrate1548

untoothsome1548

ungreeable1550

contrary1561

disagreeable1570

offensible1575

offensive1576

naughty1578

delightlessa1586

undelightful1585

unwisheda1586

unpleasurable1587

undelightsomec1595

dislikeful1596

disliking1596

ungrateful1596

unsweet?a1600

distastive1600

impleasing1602

distasting1603

distasteful1607

unsightly1608

undelectable1610

disgustful1611

unrelishing1611

waspisha1616

undeliciousa1618

unwished-for1617

disrelishing1631

unenjoyed1643

unjoyous1645

mirya1652

unwelcomed1651

unpleasivea1656

sweet1656

injucund1657

insuave1657

unpalatable1658

unhandsome1660

undesirable1667

disrelishablea1670

uncouthsome1684

shocking1703

nasty1705

embittering1746

indelectable1751

undelightinga1774

nice and ——1796

unenjoyablea1797

ungenial1796

uncomplacent1805

ungracious1807

bitter1810

rotten1813

uncongenial1813

quarrelsome1825

grimy1833

nice1836

unrelished1863

bloody1867

unbewitching1876

ferocious1877

displeasurable1879

rebarbative1892

charming1893

crook1898

naar1900

peppery1901

negative1902

poisonous1906

off-putting1935

unsympathetic1937

piggy1942

funky1946

umpty1948

pooey1967

minging1970

Scrooge-like1976

sucky1984

stank1991

stanky1991

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 177 Þei sclaundren goddis lawe..& maken it vnsawory to worldly men.

c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋510 Thurgh which bitternesse euery good dede of his neighebor semeth to hym bitter and vnsauory.

c1440 Gesta Romanorum xxiii. 80 This is an vnsavery question; this rebavde we saw never before.

c1456 R. Pecock Bk. Faith (Trin. Cambr.) (1909) 116 Oold custom..wole make that these bokis at first schulen be unsavery.

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 6^v To kepe no more but nedefully, and coumpt excesse vnsauery.

1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. iii. 130 All that tended to safety was vnsauory.

1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iv. viii. 37 This..will be very unsavory language, to many Arminianized Conformitans.

1657 A. Sparrow Rationale Bk. Common Prayer (new ed.) 256 Suppose some Preachers should be so careful, as not to vent any thing unsavoury.

1845 G. P. R. James Arrah Neil I. v. 118 You came hither upon an unsavoury errand.

†b. Ill-natured. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > ill-nature > [adjective]

shrew1297

shrewd13..

maliciousc1330

ill-disposedc1460

shrewishc1480

indisposed1481

misaffectionate1533

unsavoury1568

ill-conditioned1614

ill-natured1645

unamiable1711

malignant1785

ill-thriven1806

nasty1825

beastly1911

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > ill-nature > [adjective]

shrew1297

shrewd13..

maliciousc1330

ill-disposedc1460

shrewishc1480

indisposed1481

unsavoury1568

ill-natured1656

unamiable1774

ill-thriven1806

nasty1825

1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 14 Then pleasant speech suppresse, and faine a sower unsauerie looke.

4. Objectionable on moral grounds; having an unpleasant or disagreeable character or association.

a. Of persons.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > [adjective] > relating to that which is disliked > specific persons

unsavoury1401

unlief?a1439

ingrate1539

ill-beloved1546

unliked1560

disgracious1597

ungracious1598

distasteda1661

invidious1710

unlikeable1888

in bad1907

1401 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 52 For Sathanas by ȝour sawes is sent into soulis, that ben ful unsavery.

c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi i. xxiv. 33 O þou most wrecchid and unsauory synner, what shalt þou answere god?

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Vnsauery queane, blittea meretrix.

1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 219 That they be the salt of the earth, and if the salt once appall, the world must needes waxe vnsauerie.

1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. vi. 111 They are very unsavoury fellows.

b. Of things, language, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > [adjective] > relating to that which is disliked

unliefOE

peevisha1522

unsavoury1536

ingrate1539

unliked1560

ingrateful1567

dislikeful1596

disgracious1597

disaffected1621

disliked1632

disrelished1659

invidious1710

objectional1799

unlikeable1834

dislikable1843

unfavourite1934

1536 T. Elyot Let. in Gouernour (1880) I. Introd. p. cxxvi Unsavery gloses and commentes.

1551 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 2nd Pt. f. lxvij Professynge the vnsauery vse of Sarum.

1586 W. Webbe Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. F.i The motion of some vnsauery loue, such as in the sixt Eglogue he seemeth to deale withall.

1615 J. Day Festivals sig. ¶3 The Vnsavorie Pamphlets..that haue passed the Presse aswell as Sermons.

1657 J. Trapp Comm. Ezra vi. 11 Those..who turne it into a..pest-house of noysome lusts by their unsavoury speeches.

1723 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 26 I heard some account of his unsavoury carriage when a student.., and that he was stopped in his licentiatory trials for some immorality.

1882 Athenæum 23 Dec. 842/3 A number of grim anecdotes and unsavoury details.

1894 E. Sullivan Woman 44 There are many unsavoury laws in our code.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	unsavoury
释义	unsavouryunsavoryadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈseɪv(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌənˈseɪv(ə)ri/ Forms: Also 1500s (superlative) vnsavorest. Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1. †1. a. Having no savour; not attractive to the taste; tasteless, insipid. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > insipidity > [adjective] wallowc897 smatchless?c1225 unsavoury?c1225 fresha1398 savourlessa1398 wearish1398 wershed1398 fond?c1430 unsavoured1435 palled1440 mildc1450 walsh1513 wallowish1548 dead1552 waterish1566 cold1585 flatten1594 seasonless1595 wersha1599 blown1600 flash1601 fatuous1608 tasteless1611 flat1617 insipid1620 ingustable1623 flashy1625 flatted1626 saltless1633 gustless1636 remiss1655 rheumatical1655 untasteable1656 vapid1656 exolete1657 distasted1662 vappous1673 insulse1676 toothless1679 mawkisha1697 intastable1701 waugh1703 impoignant1733 flavourless1736 instimulating1740 deadish1742 mawky1755 brineless1791 wishy-washy1791 keestless1802 shilpit1814 wish-washy1814 sapidless1821 silent1826 slushy1839 bland1878 spendsavour1879 wish-wash1896 dolled1917 spiceless1980 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 191 Loke nu hwa gruccheð..of mistrume mel. of unsauure metes. of poure pitance. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 425 Fresshe flesshe other fisshe whan it salt failleth, It is vnsauory. c1400 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ (1908) 108 Til thoruȝ his mercy..the vnsauery water and colde of aduersitie..be torned in to wyne and conforte. 1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy v, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 74 Also is Weerish tast called Unsavoury. 1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions i. 87 Choler is bitter:..Phlegme, vnsavery as water. 1601 Bp. W. Barlow Def. Protestants Relig. 89 The white of an egge, without salt, is flash, and vnsavery, sayth Job. 1610 G. Carleton Iurisdict. 261 The Pope would hereby prooue vnsauery salt good for nothing but to be troden vnderfoot of men. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 284 Crying out.., tread me under feet, as unsavory salt. 1785 W. Cowper Task i. 125 Hard fare! but such as boyish appetite Disdains not; nor the palate, undeprav'd By culinary arts, unsav'ry deems. in extended use.c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 822 Þis vn-sauere hyne Louez no salt in her sauce.1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xix. 141 b That same stemme of the Judaicall figtree brought foorth..vnsauourie, & vnripe people.1585 R. Greene Planetomachia i. sig. F4^v Phlegme..doulce, vnsauory & natural. b. figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > bland or insipid colourlessc1425 unsavouryc1449 wearish?1533 wersha1599 tasteless1603 tame1604 juiceless1620 water gruela1627 dry1632 soulless1632 frigid1643 vapid1656 insipida1684 fade1715 heartless1780 vapid1785 achromatic1799 sauceless1817 albuminous1858 antiseptic1891 flat-footed1899 unatmospheric1913 defanged1920 anodyne1933 spiceless1942 tea-party1961 nothingburger1965 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 89 If such maner of arguyng..schulde be sett in sermonyng, the sermon schulde be ful vnsauory. c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi ii. viii. 48 Hov dry & hov harde þou art wiþoute ihesu! hov unsauory, hov veyne, if þou coueite eny þinge wiþoute ihesu! 1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1291/1 The context of the story shuld..seme very farre vnsauery, by reason of the often interposicion of the iniciall letters. 1540 R. Morison tr. J. L. Vives Introd. Wysedome (new ed.) G ij Bodely workes be unsavery, excepte they have sauce from the hart. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1188 Some..will say..that the oracles..be none of his [sc. Apollo's], because they are but rudely made and unsavery. 1637 J. Milton Comus 25 The good thereof Consists in mutuall and partaken blisse, Vnsavourie in th'injoyment of it selfe. †c. Botany. (See quots.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > [adjective] > having a particular taste unsavoury1548 biting1597 styptive1640 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. G.v^v Symphytum petreum..may be called in english vnsauery Mergerum. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 948 Abrotanum Inodorum. Vnsauorie Sothernwood growes flat vpon the grounde with broade leaues. 1660 J. Ray Catalogus Plantarum Cantabrigiam Index Plantarum 6 Unsavoury field Cranes-bill, cicutæ folio inodorum. 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum Thymum Inodorum, Unsavory Thyme. 2. a. Unpleasant or disagreeable to the taste. ΚΠ c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 46 For scheep ben goode for to ete, and getis fleish is unsavery. c1400 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iv. ii. 58 These fowle buskes and wylde myght nought fructyfyen no..lusty fruyte, but bytter and vnsauoury. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 189^v The flesshe of this beaste, is fylthy and vnsauery. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 86^v The geathered Olyue, yf it lye to long in heapes, putrifieth by reason of heate, and makes vnsauery oyle. 1639 J. Woodall Treat. Plague in Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) 356 An approoved good Medicine, and not much unsavovry to bee taken. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 401 Unsavourie food perhaps To spiritual Natures. View more context for this quotation 1812 J. J. Henry Accurate Acct. Campaign against Quebec 97 Towards March they become unsavoury, but in no way tainted. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. iii. 42 As unsavory a dose of flax-seed and quinine as was ever honored by the name of beer. b. Disagreeable or offensive to the sense of smell, or to refined feelings. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [adjective] foul-stinkingOE poignantc1387 rammishc1395 rank1479 reekya1500 puanta1529 unsavoury1539 uglyc1540 contagious1547 noisome1559 fulsome1576 fetid1599 nasty1601 unsweet1605 rammy1607 stenchful1615 stinkardly1616 rancid1627 reeking1629 pungent1644 olidous1646 stenching1654 graveolent1657 maleolent1657 virous1661 olid1680 ranciduous1688 feculent1703 virose1756 stenchy1757 infragrant1813 inodorous1823 nosy1836 malodorous1850 unfragrant1858 smelly1862 cacodorous1863 stinky1888 funked out1893 niffya1903 whiffy1905 pongy1936 fresh1966 minging1970 bogging1973 bowfing1983 honking1985 1539 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 55 These excrementes be none other, but matter superfluouse and vnsauery. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 51 Thee victals..They do leaue haulf mangled with sent vnsauerye bepoudred. 1591 H. Unton Corr. (1847) 199 In his sicknes none could endure to be with him, he was so unsavorie. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 108 Those..which scent an unsavory breath, turne their heads aside. a1677 J. Taylor Contempl. State Man (1684) ii. vi. 247 Unsavoury Smells, so proper unto Prisons. 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 598 Unsavoury stench of oil. 1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 196 The smoke of lamps, The pent-up breath of an unsav'ry throng. 1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. ii. 103 An unsavoury little beast, called bug. figurative.1547 J. Harrison Exhort. Scottes 213 I will stirre that vnsauery sinke of treson and trecherie.proverbial.1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. Div Great boste and smal roste, Maketh vnsauery mouthes. 3. a. Unpleasant, disagreeable, distasteful. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adjective] > unpleasant loatha700 unsweetc890 grimlyc893 unquemeOE un-i-quemeOE evila1131 sourc1175 illc1220 unhightlyc1275 unwelcomec1325 unblithec1330 unnetc1330 unrekena1350 unagreeablec1374 uncouthc1380 unsavouryc1380 displeasantc1386 unlikinga1398 ungaina1400 crabbedc1400 unlovelyc1400 displeasing1401 eschewc1420 unsoot1420 mislikinga1425 unlikelya1425 unlustya1425 fastidiousc1425 unpleasantc1430 displicable1471 unthankfulc1475 displeasant1481 uneasy1483 unpleasinga1500 unfaring1513 badc1530 malpleasant?1533 noisome1542 thanklessa1547 ungrate1548 untoothsome1548 ungreeable1550 contrary1561 disagreeable1570 offensible1575 offensive1576 naughty1578 delightlessa1586 undelightful1585 unwisheda1586 unpleasurable1587 undelightsomec1595 dislikeful1596 disliking1596 ungrateful1596 unsweet?a1600 distastive1600 impleasing1602 distasting1603 distasteful1607 unsightly1608 undelectable1610 disgustful1611 unrelishing1611 waspisha1616 undeliciousa1618 unwished-for1617 disrelishing1631 unenjoyed1643 unjoyous1645 mirya1652 unwelcomed1651 unpleasivea1656 sweet1656 injucund1657 insuave1657 unpalatable1658 unhandsome1660 undesirable1667 disrelishablea1670 uncouthsome1684 shocking1703 nasty1705 embittering1746 indelectable1751 undelightinga1774 nice and ——1796 unenjoyablea1797 ungenial1796 uncomplacent1805 ungracious1807 bitter1810 rotten1813 uncongenial1813 quarrelsome1825 grimy1833 nice1836 unrelished1863 bloody1867 unbewitching1876 ferocious1877 displeasurable1879 rebarbative1892 charming1893 crook1898 naar1900 peppery1901 negative1902 poisonous1906 off-putting1935 unsympathetic1937 piggy1942 funky1946 umpty1948 pooey1967 minging1970 Scrooge-like1976 sucky1984 stank1991 stanky1991 c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 177 Þei sclaundren goddis lawe..& maken it vnsawory to worldly men. c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋510 Thurgh which bitternesse euery good dede of his neighebor semeth to hym bitter and vnsauory. c1440 Gesta Romanorum xxiii. 80 This is an vnsavery question; this rebavde we saw never before. c1456 R. Pecock Bk. Faith (Trin. Cambr.) (1909) 116 Oold custom..wole make that these bokis at first schulen be unsavery. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 6^v To kepe no more but nedefully, and coumpt excesse vnsauery. 1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. iii. 130 All that tended to safety was vnsauory. 1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iv. viii. 37 This..will be very unsavory language, to many Arminianized Conformitans. 1657 A. Sparrow Rationale Bk. Common Prayer (new ed.) 256 Suppose some Preachers should be so careful, as not to vent any thing unsavoury. 1845 G. P. R. James Arrah Neil I. v. 118 You came hither upon an unsavoury errand. †b. Ill-natured. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > ill-nature > [adjective] shrew1297 shrewd13.. maliciousc1330 ill-disposedc1460 shrewishc1480 indisposed1481 misaffectionate1533 unsavoury1568 ill-conditioned1614 ill-natured1645 unamiable1711 malignant1785 ill-thriven1806 nasty1825 beastly1911 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > ill-nature > [adjective] shrew1297 shrewd13.. maliciousc1330 ill-disposedc1460 shrewishc1480 indisposed1481 unsavoury1568 ill-natured1656 unamiable1774 ill-thriven1806 nasty1825 1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 14 Then pleasant speech suppresse, and faine a sower unsauerie looke. 4. Objectionable on moral grounds; having an unpleasant or disagreeable character or association. a. Of persons. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > [adjective] > relating to that which is disliked > specific persons unsavoury1401 unlief?a1439 ingrate1539 ill-beloved1546 unliked1560 disgracious1597 ungracious1598 distasteda1661 invidious1710 unlikeable1888 in bad1907 1401 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 52 For Sathanas by ȝour sawes is sent into soulis, that ben ful unsavery. c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi i. xxiv. 33 O þou most wrecchid and unsauory synner, what shalt þou answere god? 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Vnsauery queane, blittea meretrix. 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 219 That they be the salt of the earth, and if the salt once appall, the world must needes waxe vnsauerie. 1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. vi. 111 They are very unsavoury fellows. b. Of things, language, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > [adjective] > relating to that which is disliked unliefOE peevisha1522 unsavoury1536 ingrate1539 unliked1560 ingrateful1567 dislikeful1596 disgracious1597 disaffected1621 disliked1632 disrelished1659 invidious1710 objectional1799 unlikeable1834 dislikable1843 unfavourite1934 1536 T. Elyot Let. in Gouernour (1880) I. Introd. p. cxxvi Unsavery gloses and commentes. 1551 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 2nd Pt. f. lxvij Professynge the vnsauery vse of Sarum. 1586 W. Webbe Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. F.i The motion of some vnsauery loue, such as in the sixt Eglogue he seemeth to deale withall. 1615 J. Day Festivals sig. ¶3 The Vnsavorie Pamphlets..that haue passed the Presse aswell as Sermons. 1657 J. Trapp Comm. Ezra vi. 11 Those..who turne it into a..pest-house of noysome lusts by their unsavoury speeches. 1723 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 26 I heard some account of his unsavoury carriage when a student.., and that he was stopped in his licentiatory trials for some immorality. 1882 Athenæum 23 Dec. 842/3 A number of grim anecdotes and unsavoury details. 1894 E. Sullivan Woman 44 There are many unsavoury laws in our code. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.?c1225
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