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[ dis-teyst-fuhl ] / dɪsˈteɪst fəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR distasteful ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveunpleasant, offensive, or causing dislike: a distasteful chore. unpleasant to the taste: a distasteful medicine. showing distaste or dislike. Origin of distastefulFirst recorded in 1600–10; distaste + -ful SYNONYMS FOR distasteful1 disagreeable, displeasing; repugnant, repulsive. 2 unpalatable, unsavory. SEE SYNONYMS FOR distasteful ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM distastefuldis·taste·ful·ly, adverbdis·taste·ful·ness, nounun·dis·taste·ful, adjectiveWords nearby distastefuldistance university, distant, distant early warning, distant flap, distaste, distasteful, Dist. Atty., Dist. Ct., Di Stéfano, distelfink, distemper Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for distastefulDistasteful those ads might be, but restrictions on political speech should be exercised with great deliberation and caution. Is Big Money Politics an Overblown Evil?|David Freedlander|August 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST The automatic-trigger cuts—the last major sticking point on Sunday—would be designed to be distasteful to both parties. Debt Deal: The Tea Party Edition|John Solomon|July 31, 2011|DAILY BEAST It used to be that we loved rich people; then recently we came to find them distasteful, or at least wasteful. Why We Despise Sex and the City|Choire Sicha|May 31, 2010|DAILY BEAST Personally, I find this story too distasteful to delve too deeply into it. I Just Can't Hate John Edwards|Eric Alterman|January 21, 2010|DAILY BEAST
It would be disrespectful and distasteful for me to discuss her and her situation directly. Inside the Dead Girl's Wild Nightclub|Jeff Deeney|July 25, 2009|DAILY BEAST Somehow, Kay found this latter thought disturbing and distasteful. The Pride of Palomar|Peter B. Kyne The superlative, so distasteful in the temperate region, has vivacity in the Eastern speech. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864|Various In the mind of modern man a feeling, distasteful to the antique pact, has evolved. The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 4 (of 6)|Hippolyte A. Taine He spoke in a cold, dead tone, as if making a necessary but distasteful explanation to a stranger. For a distasteful moment after he had lain down he wondered if he had been altogether just.
British Dictionary definitions for distastefulDerived forms of distastefuldistastefully, adverbdistastefulness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to distastefultasteless, objectionable, abhorrent, unpalatable, unappetizing, hateful, unsavory, obnoxious, repugnant, painful, abominable, bitter, detestable, disagreeable, flat, flavorless, galling, grievous, gross, icky |