tasteful
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3.9
- adjective
- /ˈteɪstfəl/
:
de buen gusto
- The office was tasteful but surprisingly modest for a man of Escobar's wealth and resources.
They're just quite weird and wonderful and not tasteful, which is important to me.
- They're just quite weird and wonderful and not tasteful, which is important to me.
- That's not very tasteful, and I apologize for that.
- I would do something very small and tasteful.
- If this video gets views, then it is tasteful according to us.
- As always this week in the Prem Sunday was a tasteful one.
- Major sevens, so tasteful, but even that climbing part right when it climbs right here.
Examples
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Her apartment is small but tasteful, a lot of wicker, a lot of sunlight.
Fiction book (1995) -
- Her makeup is so tasteful.
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And I think she has done certain things that have been tasteful and and good.
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Well , look, this is very tasteful stuff.
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As far as the funeral goes, I just hope you find something a little more tasteful than that.
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We lived in a normal, middle class Chicago neighborhood of tasteful, modest homes.
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This is tasteful, especially if you had components that fit the aesthetic, which I clearly have designed carefully.
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The white shirt under the red store jacket had a buttonless collar and a tasteful striped tie.
Fiction book (1997) -
My Aunt Frances was a very pretty white-haired woman, very elegant, and she wore tasteful clothes.
Fiction book (2000) -
The happy ending is that they both got married in a tasteful ceremony.
Synonyms
165
3.3
Having an attractive, stylish look that shows good taste
133
4.1
Being elegant and stylish and showing good taste
85
2.0
Clothes or rooms that look fashionable and attractive
57
3.5
Elegant and fashionable in a simple, modern way
3
3.9
Showing a polite, attractive style that most people approve of
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5.9
Relating to beauty or the way something looks pleasing
Antonyms
How Tasteful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tasteful comes from the common word taste (which originally meant 'to try or enjoy food') plus the ending -ful meaning 'full of', and you can see the same root in tasty. Over time taste grew to mean 'a sense of what is beautiful or appropriate', so something tasteful is 'full of good taste' and shows good style and manners.