distasteful
1
4.8
- adjective
- /dɪsˈteɪstfəl/
:
desagradable
- Many people find the flavor of black licorice to be distasteful.
Examples
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He swayed his trunk, splashing slightly as though the odor of the mineral springs was distasteful to his sensitive nose.
Fiction book (1990) -
He was a career military officer of aristocratic background, presumably full of indignation that his code had been rejected by the Army, forcing him to offer it instead to this nearly destitute and decidedly distasteful institution.
Academic text (1996) -
It's taking the effective medicine, no matter how bitter and distasteful it may be; that shall be the defining act that determines our fate.
Blog text (5) -
It's a it's a toxic compound that that makes the the tree distasteful to a predator.
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Skin toxins make adult marbled salamanders distasteful to many predators, so they aren't being eaten up.
Academic text (1998) -
The beans, or seeds, however, are enriched with distasteful alkaloids and thus are discarded wherever the pulp is consumed.
Academic text (2003) -
The caterpillars of monarch butterflies eat milkweed, also absorbing toxins from the leaves and thus making themselves "distasteful" to many predators.
Fiction book (1991) -
The explanations given were sensually ordered: after watching the stage for a time, young men would look toward the crowd teeming around the bar stands and announce that they were thirsty; a young woman with her boyfriend at the bar would complain about the distasteful smell of beer and might leave to greet women friends away from the bar stand.
Academic text (1999) -
The smell of the spoiled food was extremely distasteful to everyone in the room.
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The thought of eating insects is distasteful to most people.
Synonyms
531
1.3
Causing a strong feeling of dislike or making you feel sick
280
2.3
Very unpleasant and making you feel sick or disgusted
215
1.0
Not nice and causing discomfort or unhappiness
81
1.0
Having a sharp, unpleasant taste that is not sweet
60
1.0
Having a very bad smell
59
5.5
Causing strong dislike or disgust, like a very bad smell
24
3.0
Having a very bad smell or taste
22
6.8
Not pleasant to taste or smell
20
7.7
Causing strong disgust or hatred in people
15
5.3
Having a bad smell or taste that bothers you
7
4.1
A very strong stink that makes you want to move away
6
4.9
Very unpleasant and likely to make you feel disgusted
2
4.0
Something that makes people feel dislike or annoyance
1
8.5
Having a strong smell that is often unpleasant
1
6.5
Something that smells or tastes bad
1
3.8
Having a bad smell that people do not like
1
4.4
That has a strong, unpleasant odor
1
5.5
Not pleasant to taste, smell, or touch
Having a strong, unpleasant smell
Having a very strong unpleasant smell or taste
Very unpleasant and likely to make people feel disgusted
Causing a strong feeling of dislike or making people feel sick
Antonyms
How Unpleasant
14
5.1
6
4.9
531
1.3
1
4.8
215
1.0
20
6.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Distasteful comes from dis- meaning 'not' and taste meaning 'flavour' or 'the sense of tasting'. So, if food or a smell is distasteful, it is 'not to the taste' and seems unpleasant.