distasteful

English

Alternative forms

distastefull (archaic)

Etymology

distaste +‎ -ful or dis- +‎ tasteful

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈteɪstfəɫ/
Rhymes: -eɪstfəl

Adjective

distasteful (comparative more distasteful, superlative most distasteful)

Having a bad or foul taste.
(figuratively) Unpleasant.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 12, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
  All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion—or rather as a transition from the subject that started their conversation—such talk had been distressingly out of place.
Scrubbing the floors was a distasteful duty to perform.
Offensive.
distasteful language

Antonyms

pleasant, pleasing

Translations

having a bad or foul taste

Bashkir: тәмһеҙ (tämheð)
Bulgarian: отвратителен (bg) (otvratitelen)
Finnish: pahanmakuinen (fi)
German: geschmacklos (de), widerwärtig (de)
Manx: meevlaystal
Maori: pāhare, matakawa, kūtaitai, kōtuhi
Polish: niesmaczny (pl)

Portuguese: desagradável (pt)
Romanian: dezgustător (ro), neplăcut (ro) m
Russian: отврати́тельный (ru) (otvratítelʹnyj), неприя́тный (ru) (neprijátnyj)
Spanish: de mal gusto
Swahili: karaha (sw)
Swedish: illasmakande, äcklig (sv)

unpleasant

Bulgarian: неприятен (bg) (neprijaten), противен (bg) (protiven)
Finnish: epämiellyttävä (fi)
French: désagréable (fr), déplaisant (fr)
German: unangenehm (de), widerwärtig (de)
Manx: meevianagh, meehaitnyssagh
Maori: matakawa
Polish: niesmaczny (pl), przykry (pl)

Portuguese: desagradável (pt)
Romanian: dezagreabil (ro), neplăcut (ro)
Russian: неприя́тный (ru) (neprijátnyj), проти́вный (ru) (protívnyj)
Spanish: desagradable (es)
Swahili: karaha (sw)
Swedish: smaklös (sv)

offensive

Bulgarian: отблъскващ (bg) (otblǎskvašt)
Finnish: törkeä (fi)
German: anstößig (de)
Maori: pūkawa
Portuguese: de mau gosto

Romanian: ofensator (ro)
Russian: оскорби́тельный (ru) (oskorbítelʹnyj)
Spanish: chocante, ofensivo (es)
Swahili: karaha (sw)
Swedish: smaklös (sv), frånstötande (sv), osmaklig (sv)

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