tasteful
/ˈteɪs(t)fʊl
/ /ˈteɪs(t)f(ə)l/adjective
Showing good aesthetic judgement or appropriate behaviour: a tasteful lounge bar...
- Judgements on what is tasteful and what is not in a burial ground are not easy.
- The use of that claim at the beginning of Wolf Creek was not, in my opinion, tasteful or appropriate.
- Every year now brings the opening of some tasteful new attraction.
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
- 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.
- You will be relieved to know, I'm sure, that not all standards of tastefulness have been trampled by this ruling.
- They have questioned the tastefulness of new books and films about Hitler, and again demonized the icons of Nazism.