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distastefulness

distastefulness

6.1
Being unpleasant or offensive and making people feel dislike
  • noun
  • /dɪsˈteɪstfəl.nəs/
translation icon : desagrado
  • His distastefulness for rude behavior often led to awkward situations.

Examples

  • The best way to shield one's children from the distastefulness of capital punishment is, of course, to ban the practice rather than to hide it away or to depict it in a sanitized way that makes it somehow socially acceptable.

    Blog text (15)
  • Changing the nitrogen atom in the pyrrole portion to oxygen or sulfur had no effect, but replacing hydrogen with bromine or increasing compound polarity enhanced the distastefulness of the compound, as did dimerization.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The distastefulness of the foul odor made everyone leave the room.

  • The distastefulness of the food made her lose her appetite.

Synonyms

unpleasantness
vsdistastefulness
17 4.2

A feeling of discomfort or dislike

is the broader quality covering both offense and bad taste
awfulness
vsdistastefulness
7 6.0

A very unpleasant quality that makes people feel bad

can also describe milder or everyday forms of being unpleasant
nastiness
vsdistastefulness
3 5.0

A strong unpleasant quality that makes people uncomfortable

is wider, including sensory dislike and nonpersonal displeasure
vileness
vsdistastefulness
2 8.0

Very bad and morally wrong behavior

is less moral and also covers ordinary bad taste or annoyance
offensiveness
vsdistastefulness
2 6.7

A quality that makes people feel hurt or angry

covers that hurt but also simple sensory dislike like bad taste
obnoxiousness
vsdistastefulness
2 8.0

Being very rude and annoying to other people

may instead mean simple unpleasantness without active hatred
disgustingness
vsdistastefulness
1 6.5

How gross or unpleasant something is

also covers milder dislike and simple unpleasant experiences
horribleness
vsdistastefulness
1 5.9

A very unpleasant, shocking state that causes fear or disgust

covers normal dislike too, not necessarily shocking or horrifying
repulsiveness
vsdistastefulness
1 7.0

A strong feeling of disgust that makes you want to move away

includes less extreme forms of unpleasantness, not only strong disgust
loathsomeness
vsdistastefulness
1 9.1

A strong feeling that something is very unpleasant or disgusting

is broader and can mean simple displeasure as well as revulsion
unpleasingness
vsdistastefulness
8.2

How bad something looks, sounds, or smells to you

includes both sense dislike and moral or general offense as well
disagreeableness
vsdistastefulness
8.1

A quality of being unpleasant and hard to get along with that makes people avoid you

focuses more broadly on sensory and moral unpleasantness rather than personality
objectionableness
vsdistastefulness
9.6

A state that makes people feel offended or dislike something

is a more general dislike that also covers nonjudgmental unpleasantness
repugnancy
vsdistastefulness
9.5

Something that causes strong disgust or makes people feel offended

can be milder, covering ordinary unpleasantness without strong disgust
odiousness
vsdistastefulness
  • Formal
9.0

A quality of being very unpleasant and causing strong dislike

is more neutral and can describe mere sensory dislike without hate
unsavoriness
vsdistastefulness
  • US
8.8

A very unpleasant taste or smell that makes you reject food

is broader, covering both taste issues and other unpleasant aspects
unpalatableness
vsdistastefulness
9.1

A quality of food or drink that tastes bad

also applies to non-taste unpleasantness like moral or general dislike
unpalatability
vsdistastefulness
8.6

A bad taste that makes you not want to eat something

is not limited to food and covers other unpleasant experiences
nauseatingness
vsdistastefulness
9.4

A strong feeling that makes you feel sick because of a bad taste or smell

can be milder, meaning general dislike without causing sickness
sickeningness
vsdistastefulness
9.4

A strong feeling of disgust caused by a bad taste, often from food or drink

also covers nonphysically sickening unpleasantness like annoyance
lousiness
vsdistastefulness
  • Informal
7.4

A bad, unpleasant quality that makes people unhappy or annoyed

is slightly broader, adding the idea of causing dislike in general
noisomeness
vsdistastefulness
9.9

A strong unpleasant smell or other harmful quality in a place

is wider, covering dislike without harm or toxic sense effects

Antonyms

2 3.4

A feeling that something is nice and enjoyable

How Offensive

revulsion
18 6.3
distastefulness
6.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

distastefulness = distasteful (semi-transparent) = dis + taste + ful + ness

This is a regular and easily interpretable noun formation from the adjective 'distasteful'.

Etymology

The word distastefulness comes from dis- meaning 'not' and the word taste meaning 'liking' or 'flavour'. So, distastefulness is the quality of being 'not liked' or unpleasant, which is why it describes something that causes dislike or offence.