unpleasant or offensive
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
dis•taste•ful /dɪsˈteɪstfəl/USA pronunciation adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- causing distaste or dislike:The violence in the film was distasteful.
dis•taste•ful
(dis tāst′fəl),USA pronunciation adj.
dis•taste′ful•ly, adv.
dis•taste′ful•ness, n.
- unpleasant, offensive, or causing dislike:a distasteful chore.
- unpleasant to the taste:a distasteful medicine.
- showing distaste or dislike.
- distaste + -ful 1600–10
dis•taste′ful•ness, n.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . disagreeable, displeasing; repugnant, repulsive.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . unpalatable, unsavory.
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'distasteful' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
aedes
- bilious
- bitter
- brackish
- cloy
- delectable
- drudge
- drudgery
- evasion
- fulsome
- gnarly
- hateful
- icky
- indecent
- nauseous
- nose
- offensive
- palatable
- pall
- performance
- pick on
- repellent
- repugnant
- repulsive
- rub in
- sour
- sugarcoat
- tack
- underbelly
- ungrateful
- unsavory
- unsavoury
- unsightly
- wince