not pleasing in odor or taste
Used in a Sentence
distasteful
How to use distasteful in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for distasteful.
Editorial note
What I find most distasteful is the lie that he "saved a village and fed them".
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Quick take
not pleasing in odor or taste
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of distasteful gathered in one view.
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"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for distasteful.
adjective
not pleasing in odor or taste
adjective
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"
Example sentences
What I find most distasteful is the lie that he "saved a village and fed them".
I believe this is why the idea of a 'servant' is so distasteful to an American.
My initial reaction is to find lobbying distasteful in the same way I find marketing distasteful.
I don't know which women you're basing this on, but the ones I know don't fear for their life when they hear a penis joke, even though it's distasteful.
If a company does something clearly distasteful and harmful to others, staying quiet and voting with your feet is not a good idea.
It's distasteful, but I'm accustomed to it here on the internet, where every engineer who read a Rand novel got the idea that he was John Galt.
Facebook are free to do distasteful things, but - and here's the important part - we are free to condemn them for doing so. Forbidding us from sharing our opinions because "hey, it's legal" is a self-defeating argument.
Some people find talking about personal salary or wealth to be distasteful - like a braggart yammering on about his expensive possessions.
We see allowing elites to enrich themselves off market reforms to help them buy into the idea of change as distasteful whereas from a social utilitarian perspective it's strategically kosher.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use distasteful in a sentence?
What I find most distasteful is the lie that he "saved a village and fed them".
What does distasteful mean?
not pleasing in odor or taste
What part of speech is distasteful?
distasteful is commonly used as adjective.