Synonyms for unpalatable
- adjective
Most common
tasteless distasteful disagreeable flavorless US nauseous vapid savorless US untasteable
All synonyms
Adjective
distasteful, unsavory US, unsavoury UK, unpleasant, tasteless, disagreeable, flavorless US, flavourless UK, nauseous, offensive, vapid, flat, savorless US, savourless UK, untasteable, watery, mawkish dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Unpleasant to the taste.
Related words
- Word family
- unpalatableness
- Is a kind of
- gustable unpleasant
Example sentences
- tasteless Fish can be dry and tasteless if it's overcooked.
- distasteful I hope that distasteful joke wasn't directed at me.
- disagreeable Tom is one of the most disagreeable people I know.
- flavorless This may be pilaf, but it's completely flavorless.
- nauseous The smell of macaroni and cheese makes me nauseous.
- vapid What kind of vapid comments will I get on this sentence?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| unpalatable | steady | |
| tasteless | steady | |
| distasteful | steady | |
| disagreeable | steady | |
| flavorless | rising | |
| nauseous | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- flat1
- 5 letters
- vapid2
- 6 letters
- watery3
- 7 letters
- mawkish2
- 8 letters
- nauseous2, unsavory4
- 9 letters
- offensive3, tasteless2, unsavoury, savorless
- 10 letters
- unpleasant3, flavorless3, savourless
- 11 letters
- distasteful3, flavourless, untasteable
- 12 letters
- disagreeable5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vapid2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- dégoutant