Definition of unsavoury in English:

unsavoury

(US unsavory)

adjectiveʌnˈseɪv(ə)riˌənˈseɪv(ə)ri

1Disagreeable to taste, smell, or look at.
they looked at the scanty, unsavoury portions of food doled out to them
Example sentencesExamples
- We were planting some seeds together in her small backyard when she turned to me in confusion and asked if we could actually eat these food plants if they touched unsavory dirt.
- Some were caked with layer upon layer of old food, others burbled ominously with fresh unsavory indelicacies.
- Bright fluorescent lighting, self service, general uncleanliness and unsavoury smells are all part of the attraction and charm.
- People are always trying to rid their body and house of the unsavory smells of meat.
- In the early hours of each morning you had to tread with caution, because spillage was common and the air was often filled with a rather unsavoury perfume.
- Then the damning evidence piled up and his journey from superstar to common cheat proved as swift as it was unsavoury.
- So to the traditional medical approaches of bleeding sick patients nearly to death to rid them of undesirable ‘humours’ Willis added unsavoury concoctions of semi-toxic metal salts.
- The man adores me for goodness sake… how can I taint the way he feels about me by making such unsavoury noises and smells in his company?
- After a while they could smell something really awful and soon had a lot of unsavory brown slop swishing around their feet, as the bag had ripped apart and the waste material had melted from the heat.
Synonyms
unpalatable, unappetizing, unpleasant, distasteful, disagreeable, uninviting, unappealing, unattractive
inedible, uneatable, disgusting, loathsome, repugnant, revolting, nauseating, sickening, foul, nasty, vile
insipid, tasteless, bland, flavourless, dull, uninteresting
informal yucky, sick-making, gross
literary noisome
1. 1.1 Disagreeable and unpleasant because morally disreputable.
  an unsavoury reputation
  Example sentencesExamples
  The Queens Street car park, near to Tavistock Street, has a bit of an unsavoury reputation locally and many owners are reluctant to park there.
  The whole thing is a little bit unsavoury but is the least-worst outcome.
  But there is something unsettling about the menacing threats which have accompanied the protests, a taste of which was unveiled in the unsavoury scenes outside Parliament.
  The unsavoury reputation of the place as a drug-peddling hub could be one reason.
  These books keep a moral background while revealing the more unsavoury side of certain characters.
  Yesterday's verdict - delivered far quicker than prosecution team members anticipated - brought to an end the unsavoury saga of the Fuddruckers nightclub stabbing.
  The church's only stipulations were that the original unsavoury title, Graverobbers From Outer Space, be changed, and that the entire cast and crew be baptized in a Hollywood swimming pool.
  And in Shanghai, prostitution, apart from its well-known unsavoury social effects, has also resulted in a rapid increase of AIDS in the past 15 years.
  Another shop in our village has been the easy target for a robbery by some unsavoury characters.
  I find that I can't say much about this to Gill, beyond agreeing that our increasingly unsavoury reputation is one that our politicians and parts of our culture undoubtedly deserve.
  As it plays out in the context of the film, this metaphorical scenario leads Alex into troublesome emotional territory with friends, colleagues and more unsavoury characters.
  A more unsavoury set of characters and stories is hard to imagine. That noise you hear is the sound of millions of TV sets being turned off every time it comes on while the kids are in the room.
  Some of his commissions have some pretty unsavoury characters with shady pasts.
  Annie is living in an orphanage run by Miss Hannigan, a mean-spirited unsavoury character.
  Apart from the slightness of the story, however, the real disappointment is that the movie teaches a vaguely unsavoury lesson: you can't give up a fine catch just for love - it needs to be for money and love.
  An unsavory regime, probably, a threat to conquer major portions of the globe, not likely.
  ‘Some of the people visiting the house are very unsavoury characters,’ she said, speaking in 2003 when the Evening Press first exposed the brothel.
  Heads turned as I sped headlong towards the front doors, and I attempted not to make eye contact with any of the unsavoury characters who haunted the shopping centre.
  It was an unsavoury situation for us and I am very disappointed in it.
  The eye-catching poster, memorable title and unsavoury reputation of this nasty little flick have kept it alive in the minds of movie goers for decades.
  Synonyms
  disreputable, unpleasant, disagreeable, nasty, mean, rough, seedy, sleazy, seamy, unwholesome, objectionable, offensive, obnoxious, repellent, repulsive, immoral
  degenerate, dishonourable, dishonest, unprincipled, unscrupulous, villainous, notorious, suspicious, suspect, dubious, base, low, rascally, despicable, coarse, gross, vulgar, boorish, churlish, rude, uncouth
  informal shady, crooked, funny, iffy
  British informal dodgy
  literary noisome

Derivatives

unsavourily

adverb

Jesse snorted unsavourily and grabbed herself a tray as she finally reached the counters, ‘That's because nothing interesting enough happened for it to progress to the level of ‘good’.
Example sentencesExamples
- At Urge there is a small back room, which really juts out halfway across the car park at the back, and the toilets rather unsavourily double up as private hook up spaces.
- The quay-side was unsavourily ornamented with glittering fish-scales.
- I allude to the "betting-ring," which is most unsavourily situated just under the noses of the best class of Grand-Stand visitors.

unsavouriness

noun

Of course, this unsavoriness is not simply an American affair.
Example sentencesExamples
- The council letter said the market had ‘an air of unsavouriness and seediness’.
- That just adds a whole new level of unsavoriness to the proceedings.
- To Asser, Offa was an imperialistic bully whose progeny alone surpassed him in unsavoriness.
- It's an adolescent movie made by filmmakers who tried to do something funky with the whole Vegas / Presley sub-genre, but instead found that they had nothing refreshing to say, so the piled on the unsavoriness, hoping to grasp at a new angle.

Definition of unsavory in US English:

unsavory

(British unsavoury)

adjectiveˌənˈseɪv(ə)riˌənˈsāv(ə)rē

1Disagreeable to taste, smell, or look at.
Example sentencesExamples
- After a while they could smell something really awful and soon had a lot of unsavory brown slop swishing around their feet, as the bag had ripped apart and the waste material had melted from the heat.
- So to the traditional medical approaches of bleeding sick patients nearly to death to rid them of undesirable ‘humours’ Willis added unsavoury concoctions of semi-toxic metal salts.
- Then the damning evidence piled up and his journey from superstar to common cheat proved as swift as it was unsavoury.
- In the early hours of each morning you had to tread with caution, because spillage was common and the air was often filled with a rather unsavoury perfume.
- Some were caked with layer upon layer of old food, others burbled ominously with fresh unsavory indelicacies.
- The man adores me for goodness sake… how can I taint the way he feels about me by making such unsavoury noises and smells in his company?
- We were planting some seeds together in her small backyard when she turned to me in confusion and asked if we could actually eat these food plants if they touched unsavory dirt.
- People are always trying to rid their body and house of the unsavory smells of meat.
- Bright fluorescent lighting, self service, general uncleanliness and unsavoury smells are all part of the attraction and charm.
Synonyms
unpalatable, unappetizing, unpleasant, distasteful, disagreeable, uninviting, unappealing, unattractive
1. 1.1 Disagreeable and unpleasant because morally disreputable.
  an unsavory reputation
  Example sentencesExamples
  A more unsavoury set of characters and stories is hard to imagine. That noise you hear is the sound of millions of TV sets being turned off every time it comes on while the kids are in the room.
  As it plays out in the context of the film, this metaphorical scenario leads Alex into troublesome emotional territory with friends, colleagues and more unsavoury characters.
  It was an unsavoury situation for us and I am very disappointed in it.
  But there is something unsettling about the menacing threats which have accompanied the protests, a taste of which was unveiled in the unsavoury scenes outside Parliament.
  The unsavoury reputation of the place as a drug-peddling hub could be one reason.
  These books keep a moral background while revealing the more unsavoury side of certain characters.
  Annie is living in an orphanage run by Miss Hannigan, a mean-spirited unsavoury character.
  And in Shanghai, prostitution, apart from its well-known unsavoury social effects, has also resulted in a rapid increase of AIDS in the past 15 years.
  I find that I can't say much about this to Gill, beyond agreeing that our increasingly unsavoury reputation is one that our politicians and parts of our culture undoubtedly deserve.
  The eye-catching poster, memorable title and unsavoury reputation of this nasty little flick have kept it alive in the minds of movie goers for decades.
  The Queens Street car park, near to Tavistock Street, has a bit of an unsavoury reputation locally and many owners are reluctant to park there.
  An unsavory regime, probably, a threat to conquer major portions of the globe, not likely.
  The whole thing is a little bit unsavoury but is the least-worst outcome.
  Some of his commissions have some pretty unsavoury characters with shady pasts.
  ‘Some of the people visiting the house are very unsavoury characters,’ she said, speaking in 2003 when the Evening Press first exposed the brothel.
  Heads turned as I sped headlong towards the front doors, and I attempted not to make eye contact with any of the unsavoury characters who haunted the shopping centre.
  Another shop in our village has been the easy target for a robbery by some unsavoury characters.
  Yesterday's verdict - delivered far quicker than prosecution team members anticipated - brought to an end the unsavoury saga of the Fuddruckers nightclub stabbing.
  The church's only stipulations were that the original unsavoury title, Graverobbers From Outer Space, be changed, and that the entire cast and crew be baptized in a Hollywood swimming pool.
  Apart from the slightness of the story, however, the real disappointment is that the movie teaches a vaguely unsavoury lesson: you can't give up a fine catch just for love - it needs to be for money and love.
  Synonyms
  disreputable, unpleasant, disagreeable, nasty, mean, rough, seedy, sleazy, seamy, unwholesome, objectionable, offensive, obnoxious, repellent, repulsive, immoral

单词	unsavoury
释义	Definition of unsavoury in English: unsavoury (US unsavory) adjectiveʌnˈseɪv(ə)riˌənˈseɪv(ə)ri 1Disagreeable to taste, smell, or look at. they looked at the scanty, unsavoury portions of food doled out to them Example sentencesExamples We were planting some seeds together in her small backyard when she turned to me in confusion and asked if we could actually eat these food plants if they touched unsavory dirt. Some were caked with layer upon layer of old food, others burbled ominously with fresh unsavory indelicacies. Bright fluorescent lighting, self service, general uncleanliness and unsavoury smells are all part of the attraction and charm. People are always trying to rid their body and house of the unsavory smells of meat. In the early hours of each morning you had to tread with caution, because spillage was common and the air was often filled with a rather unsavoury perfume. Then the damning evidence piled up and his journey from superstar to common cheat proved as swift as it was unsavoury. So to the traditional medical approaches of bleeding sick patients nearly to death to rid them of undesirable ‘humours’ Willis added unsavoury concoctions of semi-toxic metal salts. The man adores me for goodness sake… how can I taint the way he feels about me by making such unsavoury noises and smells in his company? After a while they could smell something really awful and soon had a lot of unsavory brown slop swishing around their feet, as the bag had ripped apart and the waste material had melted from the heat. Synonyms unpalatable, unappetizing, unpleasant, distasteful, disagreeable, uninviting, unappealing, unattractive inedible, uneatable, disgusting, loathsome, repugnant, revolting, nauseating, sickening, foul, nasty, vile insipid, tasteless, bland, flavourless, dull, uninteresting informal yucky, sick-making, gross literary noisome 1.1 Disagreeable and unpleasant because morally disreputable. an unsavoury reputation Example sentencesExamples The Queens Street car park, near to Tavistock Street, has a bit of an unsavoury reputation locally and many owners are reluctant to park there. The whole thing is a little bit unsavoury but is the least-worst outcome. But there is something unsettling about the menacing threats which have accompanied the protests, a taste of which was unveiled in the unsavoury scenes outside Parliament. The unsavoury reputation of the place as a drug-peddling hub could be one reason. These books keep a moral background while revealing the more unsavoury side of certain characters. Yesterday's verdict - delivered far quicker than prosecution team members anticipated - brought to an end the unsavoury saga of the Fuddruckers nightclub stabbing. The church's only stipulations were that the original unsavoury title, Graverobbers From Outer Space, be changed, and that the entire cast and crew be baptized in a Hollywood swimming pool. And in Shanghai, prostitution, apart from its well-known unsavoury social effects, has also resulted in a rapid increase of AIDS in the past 15 years. Another shop in our village has been the easy target for a robbery by some unsavoury characters. I find that I can't say much about this to Gill, beyond agreeing that our increasingly unsavoury reputation is one that our politicians and parts of our culture undoubtedly deserve. As it plays out in the context of the film, this metaphorical scenario leads Alex into troublesome emotional territory with friends, colleagues and more unsavoury characters. A more unsavoury set of characters and stories is hard to imagine. That noise you hear is the sound of millions of TV sets being turned off every time it comes on while the kids are in the room. Some of his commissions have some pretty unsavoury characters with shady pasts. Annie is living in an orphanage run by Miss Hannigan, a mean-spirited unsavoury character. Apart from the slightness of the story, however, the real disappointment is that the movie teaches a vaguely unsavoury lesson: you can't give up a fine catch just for love - it needs to be for money and love. An unsavory regime, probably, a threat to conquer major portions of the globe, not likely. ‘Some of the people visiting the house are very unsavoury characters,’ she said, speaking in 2003 when the Evening Press first exposed the brothel. Heads turned as I sped headlong towards the front doors, and I attempted not to make eye contact with any of the unsavoury characters who haunted the shopping centre. It was an unsavoury situation for us and I am very disappointed in it. The eye-catching poster, memorable title and unsavoury reputation of this nasty little flick have kept it alive in the minds of movie goers for decades. Synonyms disreputable, unpleasant, disagreeable, nasty, mean, rough, seedy, sleazy, seamy, unwholesome, objectionable, offensive, obnoxious, repellent, repulsive, immoral degenerate, dishonourable, dishonest, unprincipled, unscrupulous, villainous, notorious, suspicious, suspect, dubious, base, low, rascally, despicable, coarse, gross, vulgar, boorish, churlish, rude, uncouth informal shady, crooked, funny, iffy British informal dodgy literary noisome Derivatives unsavourily adverb Jesse snorted unsavourily and grabbed herself a tray as she finally reached the counters, ‘That's because nothing interesting enough happened for it to progress to the level of ‘good’. Example sentencesExamples At Urge there is a small back room, which really juts out halfway across the car park at the back, and the toilets rather unsavourily double up as private hook up spaces. The quay-side was unsavourily ornamented with glittering fish-scales. I allude to the "betting-ring," which is most unsavourily situated just under the noses of the best class of Grand-Stand visitors. unsavouriness noun Of course, this unsavoriness is not simply an American affair. Example sentencesExamples The council letter said the market had ‘an air of unsavouriness and seediness’. That just adds a whole new level of unsavoriness to the proceedings. To Asser, Offa was an imperialistic bully whose progeny alone surpassed him in unsavoriness. It's an adolescent movie made by filmmakers who tried to do something funky with the whole Vegas / Presley sub-genre, but instead found that they had nothing refreshing to say, so the piled on the unsavoriness, hoping to grasp at a new angle. Definition of unsavory in US English: unsavory (British unsavoury) adjectiveˌənˈseɪv(ə)riˌənˈsāv(ə)rē 1Disagreeable to taste, smell, or look at. Example sentencesExamples After a while they could smell something really awful and soon had a lot of unsavory brown slop swishing around their feet, as the bag had ripped apart and the waste material had melted from the heat. So to the traditional medical approaches of bleeding sick patients nearly to death to rid them of undesirable ‘humours’ Willis added unsavoury concoctions of semi-toxic metal salts. Then the damning evidence piled up and his journey from superstar to common cheat proved as swift as it was unsavoury. In the early hours of each morning you had to tread with caution, because spillage was common and the air was often filled with a rather unsavoury perfume. Some were caked with layer upon layer of old food, others burbled ominously with fresh unsavory indelicacies. The man adores me for goodness sake… how can I taint the way he feels about me by making such unsavoury noises and smells in his company? We were planting some seeds together in her small backyard when she turned to me in confusion and asked if we could actually eat these food plants if they touched unsavory dirt. People are always trying to rid their body and house of the unsavory smells of meat. Bright fluorescent lighting, self service, general uncleanliness and unsavoury smells are all part of the attraction and charm. Synonyms unpalatable, unappetizing, unpleasant, distasteful, disagreeable, uninviting, unappealing, unattractive 1.1 Disagreeable and unpleasant because morally disreputable. an unsavory reputation Example sentencesExamples A more unsavoury set of characters and stories is hard to imagine. That noise you hear is the sound of millions of TV sets being turned off every time it comes on while the kids are in the room. As it plays out in the context of the film, this metaphorical scenario leads Alex into troublesome emotional territory with friends, colleagues and more unsavoury characters. It was an unsavoury situation for us and I am very disappointed in it. But there is something unsettling about the menacing threats which have accompanied the protests, a taste of which was unveiled in the unsavoury scenes outside Parliament. The unsavoury reputation of the place as a drug-peddling hub could be one reason. These books keep a moral background while revealing the more unsavoury side of certain characters. Annie is living in an orphanage run by Miss Hannigan, a mean-spirited unsavoury character. And in Shanghai, prostitution, apart from its well-known unsavoury social effects, has also resulted in a rapid increase of AIDS in the past 15 years. I find that I can't say much about this to Gill, beyond agreeing that our increasingly unsavoury reputation is one that our politicians and parts of our culture undoubtedly deserve. The eye-catching poster, memorable title and unsavoury reputation of this nasty little flick have kept it alive in the minds of movie goers for decades. The Queens Street car park, near to Tavistock Street, has a bit of an unsavoury reputation locally and many owners are reluctant to park there. An unsavory regime, probably, a threat to conquer major portions of the globe, not likely. The whole thing is a little bit unsavoury but is the least-worst outcome. Some of his commissions have some pretty unsavoury characters with shady pasts. ‘Some of the people visiting the house are very unsavoury characters,’ she said, speaking in 2003 when the Evening Press first exposed the brothel. Heads turned as I sped headlong towards the front doors, and I attempted not to make eye contact with any of the unsavoury characters who haunted the shopping centre. Another shop in our village has been the easy target for a robbery by some unsavoury characters. Yesterday's verdict - delivered far quicker than prosecution team members anticipated - brought to an end the unsavoury saga of the Fuddruckers nightclub stabbing. The church's only stipulations were that the original unsavoury title, Graverobbers From Outer Space, be changed, and that the entire cast and crew be baptized in a Hollywood swimming pool. Apart from the slightness of the story, however, the real disappointment is that the movie teaches a vaguely unsavoury lesson: you can't give up a fine catch just for love - it needs to be for money and love. Synonyms disreputable, unpleasant, disagreeable, nasty, mean, rough, seedy, sleazy, seamy, unwholesome, objectionable, offensive, obnoxious, repellent, repulsive, immoral
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