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ˈteɪst fəltaste·ful

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. tastefuladjective

    having or showing or conforming to good taste

  2. neat, refined, tastefuladjective

    free from what is tawdry or unbecoming

    "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset"

Wiktionary

  1. tastefuladjective

    having or exhibiting good taste; aesthetically pleasing or conforming to expectations or ideals of what is appropriate

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Tastefuladjective

    High relished; savoury.

    Etymology: taste and full.

    Not tasteful herbs that in these gardens rise,
    Which the kind soil with milky sap supplies,
    Can move. Alexander Pope.

Wikipedia

  1. tasteful

    The gustatory system or sense of taste is the sensory system that is partially responsible for the perception of taste (flavor). Taste is the perception produced or stimulated when a substance in the mouth reacts chemically with taste receptor cells located on taste buds in the oral cavity, mostly on the tongue. Taste, along with olfaction and trigeminal nerve stimulation (registering texture, pain, and temperature), determines flavors of food and other substances. Humans have taste receptors on taste buds and other areas, including the upper surface of the tongue and the epiglottis. The gustatory cortex is responsible for the perception of taste. The tongue is covered with thousands of small bumps called papillae, which are visible to the naked eye. Within each papilla are hundreds of taste buds. The exception to this is the filiform papillae that do not contain taste buds. There are between 2000 and 5000 taste buds that are located on the back and front of the tongue. Others are located on the roof, sides and back of the mouth, and in the throat. Each taste bud contains 50 to 100 taste receptor cells. Taste receptors in the mouth sense the five taste modalities: sweetness, sourness, saltiness, bitterness, and savoriness (also known as savory or umami). Scientific experiments have demonstrated that these five tastes exist and are distinct from one another. Taste buds are able to distinguish between different tastes through detecting interaction with different molecules or ions. Sweet, savoriness, and bitter tastes are triggered by the binding of molecules to G protein-coupled receptors on the cell membranes of taste buds. Saltiness and sourness are perceived when alkali metal or hydrogen ions enter taste buds, respectively.The basic taste modalities contribute only partially to the sensation and flavor of food in the mouth—other factors include smell, detected by the olfactory epithelium of the nose; texture, detected through a variety of mechanoreceptors, muscle nerves, etc.; temperature, detected by thermoreceptors; and "coolness" (such as of menthol) and "hotness" (pungency), through chemesthesis. As the gustatory system senses both harmful and beneficial things, all basic taste modalities are classified as either aversive or appetitive, depending upon the effect the things they sense have on the body. Sweetness helps to identify energy-rich foods, while bitterness serves as a warning sign of poisons.Among humans, taste perception begins to fade at an older age because of loss of tongue papillae and a general decrease in saliva production. Humans can also have distortion of tastes (dysgeusia). Not all mammals share the same taste modalities: some rodents can taste starch (which humans cannot), cats cannot taste sweetness, and several other carnivores including hyenas, dolphins, and sea lions, have lost the ability to sense up to four of their ancestral five taste modalities.

ChatGPT

  1. tasteful

    Tasteful refers to the quality of showing good aesthetic judgement or appropriate behavior. It implies something that is attractive, stylish, and sophisticated, while also being restrained, subtle, and demonstrating an understanding or appreciation of quality, beauty, or sophistication. This term can be used to describe various things such as clothing, decoration, art, language, or behavior.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Tastefuladjective

    having a high relish; savory

  2. Tastefuladjective

    having or exhibiting good taste; in accordance with good taste; tasty; as, a tasteful drapery

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Tasteful in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Tasteful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Tasteful in a Sentence

  1. Aaron Rodgers:

    I've learned so much from her. She's just an incredible woman - talented, smart, kind. I said last night, taught me what unconditional love looks like and that's a great gift. When you have a partner like that it just makes life so much more enjoyable and tasteful and exciting.

  2. Lillo Brancato:

    The last thing I wanted to do was offend anyone, because I realize how many people are still grieving. Someone did lose their life. So I was really cautious. But after reading the script, I thought it was very tasteful. And the character himself is on the road to redemption. There are similar parallels to my own life.

  3. Alice Walker:

    I knew they weren't gonna do much with it when Quincy Jones (who was one of the film's producers) said, 'You know that kiss? (Director Steven Spielberg) is gonna make it very tasteful,' so I thought, 'umm OK.'.

  4. Thomas Beebe:

    I find that it greatly enhances the natural beauty of the land, appropriately makes use of local materials and serves as a tasteful reminder of an ancient method of defining boundaries.

  5. Shelley Winters:

    I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a great body, it would be artistic, tasteful, patriotic and a progressive religious experience.

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