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单词 tasteful
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Definition of tasteful in English:

tasteful

adjective ˈteɪs(t)f(ə)lˈteɪs(t)fʊlˈteɪs(t)fəl
  • Showing good aesthetic judgement or appropriate behaviour.

    a tasteful lounge bar
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Piccadilly side of the river could, indeed, be made much better with some tasteful development and facilities.
    • The video is about as tasteful and as sensitive as you would imagine it to be.
    • The town's tasteful festival appearance should help to boost its economic life this Christmas.
    • Tucked away amongst the tasteful hotels and high-walled houses, is the Nativity Church.
    • The only way this town's name should find its way back on the map is through a tasteful commemorative national park.
    • Her eyes were an impossible pale blue, and were accented by tasteful gold wire-rimmed glasses.
    • Well, they've dealt with some pretty thorny issues in a reasonably tasteful way.
    • Please keep your answers clean and tasteful, and only slightly surreal.
    • It showed a good bit of skin, but in the right places to make it tasteful and elegant.
    • Period features and tasteful decor should attract buyers looking for a property ready to move into.
    • It treads a delicate line between tasteful extravagance and over-the-top kitsch - you decide.
    • Last fall it was all about retro lady-like colour-coordination and tasteful leather.
    • Every year now brings the opening of some tasteful new attraction.
    • The use of that claim at the beginning of Wolf Creek was not, in my opinion, tasteful or appropriate.
    • This might not be an album which turns the world on its head, but it's elegant, tasteful and probably his best yet.
    • Judgements on what is tasteful and what is not in a burial ground are not easy.
    • Maybe some tasteful interior alterations could be made retaining most of the original features, eg the panelling.
    • Am I ready for the blandness of tasteful white walls and artistic black and white photographic prints?
    • Rather than creating a tasteful artist, we have in many cases, trained robots.
    • They are simple and tasteful, as I am not a fan of Christmas decorations in general.
    Synonyms
    in good taste, discriminating, fastidious, refined, cultured, cultivated, sensitive, restrained, harmonious, fitting, fit, becoming, pleasing, elegant, graceful, stylish, smart, chic, attractive, beautiful, pretty, charming, handsome, exquisite, aesthetic, artistic
    decorous, proper, seemly, correct, polite, tactful, respectable, restrained, appropriate, modest
    French comme il faut

Derivatives

  • tastefulness

  • nounˈteɪs(t)fʊlnəsˈteɪs(t)f(ə)lnəsˈteɪs(t)fəlnəs
    • You will be relieved to know, I'm sure, that not all standards of tastefulness have been trampled by this ruling.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They have questioned the tastefulness of new books and films about Hitler, and again demonized the icons of Nazism.
      • It was her litheness, her muscular body, the tastefulness of her tan cashmere sweater over her straight black skirt, the demure beads at her throat and wrists.
      • Elegance, tastefulness and charm are attributes rarely associated with petrol stations.
      • Their tastefulness does not, however, get in the way of some really visceral and emotive moments.
 
 

Definition of tasteful in US English:

tasteful

adjectiveˈtās(t)fəlˈteɪs(t)fəl
  • Showing good aesthetic judgment or appropriate behavior.

    Sarah's modest, tasteful apartment
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Tucked away amongst the tasteful hotels and high-walled houses, is the Nativity Church.
    • Am I ready for the blandness of tasteful white walls and artistic black and white photographic prints?
    • Well, they've dealt with some pretty thorny issues in a reasonably tasteful way.
    • The use of that claim at the beginning of Wolf Creek was not, in my opinion, tasteful or appropriate.
    • It treads a delicate line between tasteful extravagance and over-the-top kitsch - you decide.
    • Her eyes were an impossible pale blue, and were accented by tasteful gold wire-rimmed glasses.
    • The only way this town's name should find its way back on the map is through a tasteful commemorative national park.
    • Every year now brings the opening of some tasteful new attraction.
    • The video is about as tasteful and as sensitive as you would imagine it to be.
    • Rather than creating a tasteful artist, we have in many cases, trained robots.
    • Period features and tasteful decor should attract buyers looking for a property ready to move into.
    • Last fall it was all about retro lady-like colour-coordination and tasteful leather.
    • This might not be an album which turns the world on its head, but it's elegant, tasteful and probably his best yet.
    • Please keep your answers clean and tasteful, and only slightly surreal.
    • The town's tasteful festival appearance should help to boost its economic life this Christmas.
    • Maybe some tasteful interior alterations could be made retaining most of the original features, eg the panelling.
    • The Piccadilly side of the river could, indeed, be made much better with some tasteful development and facilities.
    • Judgements on what is tasteful and what is not in a burial ground are not easy.
    • It showed a good bit of skin, but in the right places to make it tasteful and elegant.
    • They are simple and tasteful, as I am not a fan of Christmas decorations in general.
    Synonyms
    in good taste, discriminating, fastidious, refined, cultured, cultivated, sensitive, restrained, harmonious, fitting, fit, becoming, pleasing, elegant, graceful, stylish, smart, chic, attractive, beautiful, pretty, charming, handsome, exquisite, aesthetic, artistic
    decorous, proper, seemly, correct, polite, tactful, respectable, restrained, appropriate, modest
 
 
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