What does distasteful mean?

distasteful means "not pleasing in odor or taste". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in distasteful?

distasteful has 3 syllables: di-sta-steful. The stress falls on "sta". In IPA it is /dɪˈsteɪstfəl/.

What is another word for distasteful?

Close synonyms include unsavory, unsavoury, disgusting, disgustful, foul. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is distasteful a common word?

distasteful is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

distasteful — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
not pleasing in odor or taste
Synonymsunsavory unsavoury
Similarunpalatable
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”
Synonymsdisgusting disgustful foul loathly loathsome repellent repellant repelling revolting skanky wicked yucky
Similaroffensive

Questions about distasteful

What does distasteful mean?: distasteful means "not pleasing in odor or taste". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in distasteful?: distasteful has 3 syllables: di-sta-steful. The stress falls on "sta". In IPA it is /dɪˈsteɪstfəl/.
What is another word for distasteful?: Close synonyms include unsavory, unsavoury, disgusting, disgustful, foul. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is distasteful a common word?: distasteful is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for distasteful come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
not pleasing in odor or taste
Synonymsunsavory unsavoury
Similarunpalatable
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”
Synonymsdisgusting disgustful foul loathly loathsome repellent repellant repelling revolting skanky wicked yucky
Similaroffensive

Questions about distasteful

What does distasteful mean?: distasteful means "not pleasing in odor or taste". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in distasteful?: distasteful has 3 syllables: di-sta-steful. The stress falls on "sta". In IPA it is /dɪˈsteɪstfəl/.
What is another word for distasteful?: Close synonyms include unsavory, unsavoury, disgusting, disgustful, foul. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is distasteful a common word?: distasteful is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

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