Distasteful (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Not pleasing in odor or taste.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The spoiled milk had a distasteful curdled smell that made everyone's stomach turn.
- She found the bitter taste of the medicine to be extremely distasteful.
- The rotten fruit emitted a distasteful odor that attracted a swarm of flies.
- The smell of gasoline was distasteful to her, reminding her of the car accident.
- The hospital's disinfectant had a distasteful chemical smell that lingered on her hands.
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Meaning 2
Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The politician's distasteful comments about his opponent sparked widespread outrage on social media.
- The smell of rotting garbage was distasteful and made it hard to enjoy the park.
- The comedian's distasteful jokes about sensitive topics fell flat with the audience.
- The idea of eating insects is distasteful to many people in Western cultures.
- The distasteful behavior of the company's CEO led to a public backlash and calls for his resignation.
Synonyms
- Loathsome
- Loathly
- Revolting
- Disgustful
- Repellent
- Repelling
- Wicked
- Foul
- Disgusting
- Skanky
- Repellant
- Yucky