distasteful adj

1 not pleasing in odor or taste [syn: unsavory, unsavoury]

2 highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench" [syn: disgusting, disgustful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes with: -eɪstfəl

Adjective

distasteful

1. Having a bad or foul taste
2. (fig.) unpleasant

   Scrubbing the floors was a distasteful duty to perform.

Antonyms

• pleasant, pleasing

Translations

abhorrent, abominable, bitter, detestable, disagreeable, disgusting, dislikable, displeasing, flat, flavorless, foul, foul-tasting, fulsome, galling, grievous, hateful, ill-flavored, insipid, intolerable, loathsome, mislikable, nasty, nauseating, nauseous, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive, painful, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, savorless, sour, tasteless, thankless, ugly, unalluring, unappealing, unappetizing, unattractive, uncongenial, undelectable, undelicious, undesirable, unengaging, unenjoyable, uninviting, unlikable, unlovable, unpalatable, unpleasant, unpleasing, unsavory, untasteful, untasty, unwelcome