Synonyms for distasteful
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Disgusting — unpleasant
disgusting, unpleasant, loathsome, disagreeable, repugnant, offensive, revolting, obnoxious, displeasing, obscene, bad, unpleasing, indecent, yucky informal, skanky, nauseous, foul, repellent, wicked, rough, bum, disgustful
Other
unpalatable, unsavory US, unsavoury UK
Definitions
- adj. 1
Unpleasant.
Near-synonym: unpalatable
Related words
- Word family
- distastefully distastefulness disgusting
Example sentences
- disgusting What's the most disgusting food you've ever eaten?
- unpleasant He spoke about the unpleasant story for two hours.
- repugnant Those views are outmoded and repugnant.
- disagreeable Tom is one of the most disagreeable people I know.
- unpalatable This meat is undercooked and unpalatable.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| distasteful | steady | |
| disgusting | rising | |
| unpleasant | rising | |
| repugnant | falling | |
| disagreeable | steady | |
| unpalatable | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1, bum1
- 4 letters
- foul1
- 5 letters
- rough1, yucky2
- 6 letters
- wicked2, skanky
- 7 letters
- obscene2
- 8 letters
- indecent3, nauseous2, unsavory4
- 9 letters
- offensive3, obnoxious3, revolting3, repugnant3, repellent3, loathsome2, unsavoury
- 10 letters
- disgusting3, unpleasant3, unpleasing, disgustful
- 11 letters
- unpalatable5, displeasing
- 12 letters
- disagreeable5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (yucky2 = 2 syllables).