Distasteful
[dɪs'teɪstf(ʊ)l] or [dɪs'testfl]
Definition
(a.) Unpleasant or disgusting to the taste; nauseous; loathsome.
(a.) Offensive; displeasing to the feelings; disagreeable; as, a distasteful truth.
(a.) Manifesting distaste or dislike; repulsive.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Nauseous, loathsome, disgusting, unpalatable, unsavory.[2]. Disagreeable, offensive, unpleasant, unpleasing.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See TASTE]
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Examples
- All descriptions of food were no longer equally distasteful; she could be induced, sometimes, to indicate a preference. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He likes to mimic and imitate types, generally, that are distasteful to him. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Yet, after all, as a friend and companion, I hope never to become quite distasteful to my dear master. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Darwin had studied medicine at Edinburgh, but found surgery distasteful. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Stillmenial and distasteful as they were, my mental pain was far more wasting and wearing. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The man who raises new issues has always been distasteful to politicians. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He will come to demand the fulfilment of my promise, and ask me to force Helena into this distasteful marriage. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Then I turned toward the distasteful work that lay before me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- After a few days this began to grow distasteful to him. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Distasteful! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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