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unsavoury

(ʌnseɪvəri)
regional note: in AM, use unsavory
adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If you describe a person, place, or thing as unsavoury, you mean that you find them unpleasant or morally unacceptable.
[disapproval]
The sport has long been associated with illegal wagers and unsavoury characters.
Synonyms: unpleasant, nasty, obnoxious, offensive More Synonyms of unsavoury
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unsavoury in British English

or US unsavory (ʌnˈseɪvərɪ)
adjective
1. 
objectionable or distasteful
an unsavoury character
2. 
disagreeable in odour or taste
Derived forms
unsavourily (unˈsavourily) or US unsavorily (unˈsavorily)
adverb
unsavouriness (unˈsavouriness) or US unsavoriness (unˈsavoriness)
noun

Examples of 'unsavoury' in a sentence
unsavoury

The fears of a night of chaos appeared to have been averted and, despite a few unsavoury scenes, it looked like a corner had been turned.
The Sun (2016)
There are also two rather unsavoury technical details that must be considered.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Who knows how many unsavoury and criminal characters are here now because of them.
The Sun (2012)
While doing so he delivered a warning about unsavoury characters and departed.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The unsavoury episode continues to maintain great interest.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Next came reports of unsavoury incidents involving flight attendants and other staff.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Agbonlahor would prefer to draw a line under the unsavoury incident.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It was a pretty unsavoury incident.
The Sun (2014)
All the books under review rightly qualify this unsavoury reputation with mention of Afghan hospitality.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
There's something unsavoury about tax exiles.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
If anything he is a decent copper and he'll usually only collar unsavoury characters.
The Sun (2009)
It could also cover pollution, involvement with unsavoury regimes and animal testing.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Yet, that unsavoury incident enlivened the game.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This was the most chilling aspect of this entire, unsavoury incident.
The Sun (2013)
BRIGHTON must have almost forgotten the unsavoury taste of defeat.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It could also include activities that harm the environment, involvement with unsavoury regimes and testing of products on animals.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
To get it, she opened her doors to a number of unsavoury characters who might have been better left outside.
Veronica Buckley CHRISTINA QUEEN OF SWEDEN: The Restless Life of a European Eccentric (2004)
The problem is, on screen I look like an unsavoury character let loose at the monument.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
1 (adjective) 
Definition
objectionable or distasteful
The sport has long been associated with unsavoury characters.
Synonyms
unpleasant
They tolerated what they felt was an unpleasant situation.
nasty
It's got a really nasty smell.
obnoxious
The people at my table were so obnoxious, I had to leave.
offensive
the offensive smell of manure
revolting
The smell in the cell was revolting.
distasteful
an extremely unpleasant and distasteful experience
repellent
She still found the place repellent.
repulsive
repulsive, fat, white slugs
objectionable
an objectionable, stuck-up young woman
repugnant
His actions were improper and repugnant.
2 (adjective) 
Definition
objectionable or distasteful
unsavoury school meals
Synonyms
unappetizing
cold and unappetizing chicken
unpalatable
a lump of dry, unpalatable cheese
distasteful
sickening
This was a sickening attack on a defenceless creature.
disagreeable
a disagreeable odour
nauseating
Opposites
tasty
,
palatable
,
appetizing
,
pleasant
,
agreeable
,
savoury
,
tasteful
,
toothsome

Additional synonyms

in the sense of disagreeable
Definition
(of an incident or situation) unpleasant
a disagreeable odour
Synonyms
nasty,
offensive,
disgusting,
unpleasant,
distasteful,
horrid (informal),
repellent,
unsavoury,
obnoxious,
unpalatable,
displeasing,
repulsive,
objectionable,
repugnant,
uninviting,
yucky or yukky (slang),
yucko (Australian, slang)
in the sense of distasteful
Definition
unpleasant or offensive
an extremely unpleasant and distasteful experience
Synonyms
unpleasant,
offensive,
obscene,
undesirable,
unsavoury,
obnoxious,
unpalatable,
displeasing,
repulsive,
objectionable,
disagreeable,
repugnant,
loathsome,
abhorrent,
nauseous,
uninviting
in the sense of nasty
Definition
unpleasant
It's got a really nasty smell.
Synonyms
disgusting,
unpleasant,
dirty,
offensive,
foul,
horrible,
polluted,
filthy,
sickening,
vile,
distasteful,
repellent,
obnoxious,
objectionable,
disagreeable,
nauseating,
odious,
repugnant,
loathsome,
grotty (slang),
malodorous,
noisome,
unappetizing,
skanky (slang),
mephitic,
yucky or yukky (slang),
festy (Australian, slang),
yucko (Australian, slang)

Synonyms of 'unsavoury'

unsavoury

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of objectionable
Definition
offensive or unacceptable
an objectionable, stuck-up young woman
Synonyms
offensive,
annoying,
irritating,
unacceptable,
unpleasant,
rude,
intolerable,
undesirable,
distasteful,
obnoxious,
deplorable,
displeasing,
unseemly,
disagreeable,
repugnant,
abhorrent,
beyond the pale,
insufferable,
detestable,
discourteous,
uncivil,
unmannerly,
exceptionable,
dislikable or dislikeable
in the sense of obnoxious
Definition
extremely unpleasant
The people at my table were so obnoxious, I had to leave.
Synonyms
loathsome,
offensive,
nasty,
foul,
disgusting,
unpleasant,
revolting,
obscene,
sickening,
vile,
horrid (informal),
repellent,
repulsive,
objectionable,
disagreeable,
nauseating,
odious,
hateful,
repugnant,
reprehensible,
abhorrent,
abominable,
insufferable,
execrable,
detestable,
hateable,
dislikable or dislikeable,
yucky or yukky (slang),
yucko (Australian, slang)
in the sense of offensive
Definition
unpleasant or disgusting to the senses
the offensive smell of manure
Synonyms
disgusting,
gross,
nasty,
foul,
unpleasant,
revolting,
stinking,
sickening,
vile,
repellent,
unsavoury,
obnoxious,
unpalatable,
objectionable,
disagreeable,
nauseating,
odious,
repugnant,
loathsome,
abominable,
grotty (slang),
detestable,
noisome,
yucky or yukky (slang),
festy (Australian, slang),
yucko (Australian, slang)
in the sense of repellent
Definition
disgusting or distasteful
She still found the place repellent.
Synonyms
disgusting,
offensive,
revolting,
obscene,
sickening,
distasteful,
horrid (informal),
obnoxious,
repulsive,
noxious,
nauseating,
odious,
hateful,
repugnant,
off-putting (British, informal),
loathsome,
abhorrent,
abominable,
cringe-making (British, informal),
yucky or yukky (slang),
yucko (Australian, slang),
discouraging
in the sense of repugnant
Definition
offensive or disgusting
His actions were improper and repugnant.
Synonyms
distasteful,
offensive,
foul,
disgusting,
revolting,
sickening,
vile,
horrid (informal),
repellent,
obnoxious,
objectionable,
nauseating,
odious,
hateful,
loathsome,
abhorrent,
abominable,
yucky or yukky (slang),
yucko (Australian, slang)
in the sense of repulsive
Definition
disgusting or distasteful
repulsive, fat, white slugs
Synonyms
disgusting,
offensive,
foul,
ugly,
forbidding,
unpleasant,
revolting,
obscene,
sickening,
hideous,
vile,
distasteful,
horrid (informal),
repellent,
obnoxious,
objectionable,
disagreeable,
nauseating,
odious,
hateful,
loathsome,
abhorrent,
abominable,
yucky or yukky (slang),
yucko (Australian, slang),
fugly (US, Australian)
in the sense of revolting
Definition
horrible and disgusting
The smell in the cell was revolting.
Synonyms
disgusting,
shocking,
offensive,
appalling,
nasty,
foul,
horrible,
obscene,
sickening,
distasteful,
horrid (informal),
repellent,
obnoxious,
repulsive,
nauseating,
repugnant,
loathsome,
abhorrent,
abominable,
nauseous,
cringe-making (British, informal),
noisome,
yucky or yukky (slang),
yucko (Australian, slang)
in the sense of sickening
Definition
causing horror or disgust
This was a sickening attack on a defenceless creature.
Synonyms
disgusting,
revolting,
vile,
offensive,
foul,
distasteful,
repulsive,
nauseating,
loathsome,
nauseous,
gut-wrenching,
putrid,
stomach-turning (informal),
cringe-making (British, informal),
noisome,
yucky or yukky (slang),
yucko (Australian, slang)
in the sense of unpalatable
Definition
(of food) unpleasant to taste
a lump of dry, unpalatable cheese
Synonyms
uneatable,
unsavoury,
inedible,
unappetizing
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