Dictionary entry

Distasteful

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Dis‐taste″ful (?), a. 1. Unpleasant or disgusting to the taste; nauseous; loathsome.

2. Offensive; displeasing to the feelings; disagreeable; as, a distasteful truth.

Distasteful answer, and sometimes unfriendly actions. Milton.

3. Manifesting distaste or dislike; repulsive. “Distasteful looks.” Shak.

Syn. — Nauseous; unsavory; unpalatable; offensive; displeasing; dissatisfactory; disgusting.

- Dis‐taste″ful‐ly, adv. — Dis‐taste″ful‐ness, n.