tasteful
/ˈteɪstfəl/
tasteful adjective: having or exhibiting good taste; aesthetically pleasing or conforming to expectations or ideals of what is appropriate.
Adjective
tasteful (comparative more tasteful, superlative most tasteful)
- Having or exhibiting good taste; aesthetically pleasing or conforming to expectations or ideals of what is appropriate.
- Her home was decorated with tasteful, classical furnishings.
- Having a high relish; savoury.
- Not the fair fruit that on you branches glows / With that ripe red th' autumnal sun bestows; / Nor tasteful herbs that in these gardens rise, / Which the kind soil with milky sap supplies;1712, Alexander, transl. Pope, Vertumnus and Pomona, translation of Metamorphoses by Ovid, lines 100–104; republished in The Complete Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Boston, New York: Houghton...
- Synonyms:
- appetizing
- Gay; fashionable.
- Synonyms:
- chic
tasteful meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
tasteful in Hindi
- exhibiting good taste
- स्वादिष्ट svādiṣṭ, रुचिकर rucikar
tasteful in Tamil
- இனிய நய நலமுடைய, சுவை நயமார்ந்த
tasteful in Urdu
- tasteful
- سوادشٹ svādiṣṭ
tasteful in Malayalam
- കലാവാസനയുള്ള, സ്വാദുള്ള
More languagesFewer languages
- tasteful in Kannada
- ಸದಭಿರುಚಿಯುಳ್ಳ, ರುಚಿಕರವಾದ, ಸ್ವಾದಿಷ್ಟವಾದ
- tasteful in Sanskrit
- रसिक rasika
Examples of tasteful in a sentence
- Nearby residents don't want any gaudiness in the building's renovation: they want it to be tasteful and understated.
- She's wearing a gunmetal gray dress that’s tasteful in front, and practically obscene from the back.
- As for the food — French-esque American — it’s still tasteful and (mostly) unpretentious.
Synonyms of tasteful
Antonyms
Forms of tasteful
| comparative | more tasteful |
|---|---|
| superlative | most tasteful |
Origin of tasteful
From taste + -ful.
Words formed from tasteful
Words that rhyme with tasteful
Questions about tasteful
- What does tasteful mean?
- Tasteful means having or exhibiting good taste; aesthetically pleasing or conforming to expectations or ideals of what is appropriate.
- What is tasteful in Hindi?
- Tasteful in Hindi is स्वादिष्ट (svādiṣṭ), रुचिकर (rucikar). See Tasteful meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is tasteful?
- Tasteful is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce tasteful?
- Tasteful is pronounced /ˈteɪstfəl/.
Words near tasteful in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: tasteful (page history and authors); tasteful (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); سوادشٹ (Urdu) (page history and authors); tasteful (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tasteful (Kannada 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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