unappetizing

Examples

• All

• The cafeteria served a plate of unappetizing food that many students complained about.

• I know it is unappetizing, but it is all we have.

  Watchmen (2009)

• If the food is unappetizing to them, it might keep them away.

  Academic text (2001)

• The real problem with cyborg food is that it looks so unappetizing.

  In Her Line of Fire (2006)

• The brew had an unappetizing sheen.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The dead parasites posed no real health danger, but they were unappetizing reminders of the earlier crisis.

  Academic text (1990)

• The chocolates wrapped in silver foil in the cut glass dish on the table looked unappetizing, the foil wrappers dingy and handled.

  Fiction book (1998)

• The soup looked so unappetizing that no one wanted to try it.

• He avoided the unappetizing meal served to him during the flight.

Synonyms

B

bland

vsunappetizing

23 2.0

Food that has a very weak taste and little or no strong flavor

is broader, stressing look or smell as reasons not to eat

Y

yucky

vsunappetizing

• Informal

22 6.8

Not pleasant to taste or smell

is milder, meaning it simply fails to make someone want to eat

I

insipid

vsunappetizing

17 7.3

Having little taste and being boring

is focused on making someone avoid eating because of appearance or smell

U

unattractive

vsunappetizing

16 2.5

Not interesting or likely to make people want it

is focused on sensory features that stop someone wanting to eat it

U

unappealing

vsunappetizing

15 4.1

Not attractive, pleasant, or interesting

focuses especially on making someone not want to eat it

T

tasteless

vsunappetizing

11 2.6

Having little or no flavor when you eat it

is about failing to invite eating through any sensory feature

U

unpalatable

vsunappetizing

9 7.4

Tastes bad or is hard to accept

covers that taste problem but also poor appearance or smell

F

flavorless

vsunappetizing

• US

4 3.5

Food that has little or no taste and seems bland

is broader, adding poor look or smell that reduces appetite

U

uninviting

vsunappetizing

2 4.6

Not pleasant or welcoming and likely to keep people away

applies more narrowly to how food looks, smells, or tastes to eat

D

distasteful

vsunappetizing

1 4.8

Having an unpleasant taste or smell

is broader, stressing any appearance or smell that reduces appetite

U

unsavory

vsunappetizing

• US

1 6.5

Something that smells or tastes bad

is about general lack of eating appeal including look and smell

U

undelicious

vsunappetizing

1 5.5

Not pleasant to taste, smell, or touch

is broader, including unattractive look or smell that reduces appetite

U

unaesthetic

vsunappetizing

1 8.1

Not pleasant to look at

is about sensory appeal for eating rather than general beauty

U

unpleasing

vsunappetizing

1 4.8

Unpleasant to the senses, like a bitter taste or bright light

is more specific to discouraging eating through appearance, smell, or taste

U

unsweet

vsunappetizing

7.5

A situation or thing that feels unpleasant and makes you unhappy

is about overall look, smell, or taste that makes one avoid eating it

U

unalluring

vsunappetizing

6.8

Not attractive or interesting

is specifically about not provoking appetite through taste, smell, or look

Y

yuckety

vsunappetizing

• Informal

9.9

Looking unpleasant to eat because it seems old, dirty or spoiled

is about overall eating appeal including look, smell, and taste

U

unpleasurable

vsunappetizing

6.5

Not enjoyable, like a bitter taste or a long wait

is focused on making someone not want to eat it specifically

S

savorless

vsunappetizing

• US

7.5

Having very little taste

includes that taste lack but also covers unattractive smell or appearance

U

untasty

vsunappetizing

4.9

Food or a dish that is not pleasant to eat because it has little taste

adds that the appearance or smell also fails to make someone eat

Antonyms

T

tempting

109 2.7

Causes you to want to do or have something even if you know you should not

A

appetizing

16 3.5

Smelling or looking so good you want to eat it

How Appetizing

mouthwatering

4 3.2

tasty

175 1.0

palatable

31 4.9

bland

23 2.0

unappetizing

4 4.8

revolting

6 4.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology