distasteful
/dɪsˈteɪstfəɫ/
distasteful adjective: having a bad or foul taste.
Adjective
distasteful (comparative more distasteful, superlative most distasteful)
- Having a bad or foul taste.
- Near-synonym: unpalatable
- The food had very distasteful flavour.
- Synonyms:
- unpalatable
- Unpleasant.
- Near-synonym: unpalatable
- Scrubbing the floors was a distasteful duty to perform.
- Synonyms:
- unpalatable
- Offensive.
- distasteful language
- AIDS is primarily a sexually transmitted disease and to not focus on the documented routes of transmission — however distasteful they may be to some legislators — is an ineffective and bigoted means of education by any standards.1987 December 27, Kenneth J. Trask, “Stop Crossing Your Legs, Governor”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 24, page 5
distasteful meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
distasteful in Hindi
- distasteful, unpleasant
- अरुचिकर arucikar
- distasteful
- अखज akhaj
distasteful in Tamil
- அருவருப்பான, வெறுக்கத்தக்க
distasteful in Urdu
- اجیرن
distasteful in Malayalam
- അരുചികരമായ, സ്വാദില്ലാത്ത, അപ്രിയമായ
Examples of distasteful in a sentence
- So, maybe a silver lining can come from this distasteful comment.
- Our society treats smoking flippantly as a slightly distasteful habit that can injure your health.
- Personally, I find the present exuberant actions of the ship most distasteful.”
Synonyms of distasteful
Antonyms
Forms of distasteful
| comparative | more distasteful |
|---|---|
| superlative | most distasteful |
| alternative form | distastefull |
Origin of distasteful
From distaste + -ful or dis- + tasteful.
Words formed from distasteful
Words that rhyme with distasteful
Questions about distasteful
- What does distasteful mean?
- Distasteful means having a bad or foul taste.
- What is distasteful in Hindi?
- Distasteful in Hindi is अरुचिकर (arucikar), अखज (akhaj). See Distasteful meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is distasteful?
- Distasteful is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce distasteful?
- Distasteful is pronounced /dɪsˈteɪstfəɫ/ (UK).
Words near distasteful in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: distasteful (page history and authors); अखज (Hindi) (page history and authors); distasteful (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); distasteful (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); distasteful (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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