Definitions for distasteful
dɪsˈteɪst fəldis·taste·ful

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. distasteful, unsavory, unsavouryadjective

   not pleasing in odor or taste

2. disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yuckyadjective

   highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

   "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. distastefuladjective

   Having a bad or foul taste

2. distastefuladjective

   unpleasant

   Scrubbing the floors was a distasteful duty to perform.

3. distastefuladjective

   offensive

   distasteful language

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Distastefuladjective

   Etymology: distaste and full.

   1. Nauseous to the palate; disgusting.

   What to one palate is sweet and delicious, to another is odious and distasteful. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps. c. 15.

   2. Offensive; unpleasing.

   The visitation, though somewhat distasteful to the Irish lords, was sweet and welcome to the common people. Davies.

   None but a fool distasteful truth will tell;
   So it be new and please, ’tis full as well. John Dryden, Tyran. Love.

   Distasteful humours, and whatever else may render the conversation of men grievous and uneasy to one another, are forbidden in the New Testament. John Tillotson, Sermon 5.

   3. Malignant; malevolent.

   After distasteful looks,
   With certain half-caps, and cold moving nods,
   They froze me into silence. William Shakespeare, Timon.

   The ground that begot this assertion, might be the distasteful averseness of the Christian from the Jew. Thomas Browne, Vul. Err.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. distasteful

   Distasteful refers to something that is unpleasant, offensive, or causes a feeling of dislike or disapproval. It may relate to actions, behaviors, ideas, or even tastes and smells that are considered disagreeable, disrespectful, inappropriate, or in bad taste. It can also refer to something that does not meet one's standards of aesthetics or propriety.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Distastefuladjective

   unpleasant or disgusting to the taste; nauseous; loathsome

2. Distastefuladjective

   offensive; displeasing to the feelings; disagreeable; as, a distasteful truth

3. Distastefuladjective

   manifesting distaste or dislike; repulsive

How to pronounce distasteful?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of distasteful in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of distasteful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of distasteful in a Sentence

1. Tim Dixon:

   There is a tendency I think for the whole nature of the political polarization to become so distasteful that there's a large number of people who are just stepping back from it altogether and just sort of don't want to choose a side.

2. Immigration Studies analyst Jessica Vaughan:

   We're creating a group of sort of pseudo citizens who live overseas, but can take advantage of the fact that they are U.S. citizens on paper, there is no question this is a threat to our national interest at worst. At best, it is something very distasteful because it cheapens U.S. citizenship.

3. Pindar:

   Very distasteful is excessive fame To the sour palate of the envious mind, Who hears with grief his neighbours good by name, And hates the fortune that he ne?er shall find.

4. Jeff Van Drew:

   If there isn't anything unbelievably unusual and there's just some distasteful issues -- which there are, no doubt -- I think we move forward, we have an election, and then we take it from there.

5. Charles Lamb:

   Nothing to me is more distasteful than that entire complacency and satisfaction which beam in the countenances of a newly married couple.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=distasteful
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Distasteful
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=distasteful
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/distasteful