distasteful

[ dis-teyst-fuhl ]

adjective

1. unpleasant, offensive, or causing dislike:

   a distasteful chore.

   Synonyms: repulsive, repugnant, disagreeable

2. unpleasant to the taste:

   a distasteful medicine.

   Synonyms: unsavory, unpalatable

3. showing distaste or dislike.

distasteful

/ dɪsˈteɪstfʊl /

adjective

1. unpleasant or offensive

Derived Forms

• disˈtastefully, adverb
• disˈtastefulness, noun

Other Words From

• dis·tasteful·ly adverb
• dis·tasteful·ness noun
• undis·tasteful adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of distasteful¹

First recorded in 1600–10; distaste + -ful

Example Sentences

There are all sorts of things that are just as distasteful as that.

From Los Angeles Times

At the same time, he called the De León text message “distasteful.”

From Los Angeles Times

“PLEASE just wait like a year and then you can release it, but this is extremely distasteful.”

From Los Angeles Times

"It’s distasteful," they say, calling on the prime minister "to make a strong statement" in the coming days and say it will all stop.

From BBC

Some find the idea of billionaires paying for themselves to go into space distasteful, and some eyebrows are being raised over a mission where the person paying for the trip is also the commander.

From BBC

Related Words

• abhorrent
• hateful
• objectionable
• obnoxious
• painful
• repugnant
• tasteless
• unappetizing
• unpalatable
• unsavory