distasteful
/dɪsˈteɪstfʊl
/ /dɪsˈteɪstf(ə)l /adjective
Causing dislike or aversion; disagreeable or unpleasant: he found such cynicism distasteful...
- If someone is unpleasant or distasteful, postings from that address can be blocked.
- I attended one Old Firm match in the 1970s and found it an unpleasant and distasteful affair.
- Of course, in some ways this notion is distasteful, obscene and disgusting.
Synonyms
unpleasant, disagreeable, displeasing, unpleasing, undesirable;
off-putting, uninviting;
objectionable, offensive, unsavoury, unpalatable, obnoxious, odious;
disgusting, repellent, repulsive, revolting, repugnant, abhorrent, loathsome, detestable, obscene, foul, nasty, vile
unpalatable, unsavoury, unappetizing, inedible, disgusting, sickening, nauseating, nauseous, horrible, horrid
Derivatives
distastefully
/ /dɪsˈteɪstf(ə)li / adverb ...- ‘Well, I wouldn't be interested in bungee jumping,’ she says distastefully, without hesitation.
- He could be distastefully off-hand when actually presented with the people he campaigned for, evidently happier to treat them as causes.
- I gawked at her in her evening gown and all of the champagne-sippers looked at my jeans/shirt combo distastefully.
distastefulness
/ /dɪsˈteɪstf(ə)lnəs / noun ...- The use of conspicuous colors (yellow, red, and orange) by prey in order to convey distastefulness, or other unpleasant properties, is called aposematism.
- She spoke in weary notes, as though self-protection was taking on a certain distastefulness, whispering, 'You can't stay.'
- Some of your ideas were foreshadowed in the 1930s by Ronald Fisher's writings on the distastefulness of some insects.