tasteless
18
3.9
- adjective
- /ˈteɪstləs/
:
de mal gusto
- The tasteless joke made everyone at the dinner table uncomfortable.
- tasteless joke
- tasteless jokes
- tasteless cartoon
And that might feel bland or boring or tasteless or even meaningless.
- And that might feel bland or boring or tasteless or even meaningless.
- Like it's so, so, so tasteless.
- Saber rattling against a tiny country like Denmark is a tasteless piece of bluster.
- I think it's a little tasteless to run an ad in the middle of ATV show, you know?
- But anyway, that shit is so tasteless that it's hard to convey.
Examples
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And if it's a joke, it's sick, tasteless, and completely inappropriate.
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I think it's a little tasteless to run an ad in the middle of ATV show, you know?
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So actually, one only associated senior Trump with tasteless architecture at that point.
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I think she thought it was meant to be tasteless.
Fiction book (1995) -
Sir, your humor is as tasteless as your manners.
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Now that would be what I call a tasteless publicity stunt.
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The interior of this house is ugly, oppressive, and tasteless.
Fiction book (1999) -
I thought the cartoon was tasteless and over the line, as I've said, but not beyond the pale.
Blog text (9) -
The Williams' bedroom is decorated in Audrey's progressively tasteless style.
Fiction book (1990) -
Siegel and his wife are the quintessential tasteless nouveau riche one encounters in Florida.
Blog text (32)
Synonyms
68
4.3
Showy in a cheap way that looks bad
37
3.7
Cheap and low quality that looks ugly or not stylish
24
7.8
A thing that looks showy but is cheap and low quality
5
4.9
Not graceful or pleasing in style
2
9.9
Not stylish and looking cheap or embarrassing
1
8.1
Not pleasant to look at
1
6.0
Having a plain look that is not fashionable
1
3.7
Not fashionable or elegant in appearance
Not fashionable and showing bad taste
Not pleasing to look at
Antonyms
How Tasteful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tasteless is also taste + -less, but here 'taste' means good sense about style or manners, like in the phrase 'good taste', so tasteless means 'without good taste' and describes something rude or in poor style.