What (who) is distasteful - definition
distasteful
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LAWFUL, BUT TACTLESS ACT
Indecent; Indecency; Indecent acts; Distasteful; Inappropriate; Inappropriate behavior
If something is distasteful to you, you think it is unpleasant, disgusting, or immoral.
He found it distasteful to be offered drinks before witnessing the execution.
ADJ: oft ADJ to n
distasteful
LAWFUL, BUT TACTLESS ACT
Indecent; Indecency; Indecent acts; Distasteful; Inappropriate; Inappropriate behavior
¦ adjective causing distaste; disagreeable or unpleasant.
Derivatives
distastefully adverb
distastefulness noun
distasteful
LAWFUL, BUT TACTLESS ACT
Indecent; Indecency; Indecent acts; Distasteful; Inappropriate; Inappropriate behavior
adj.
1) distasteful to (his behavior was distasteful to everyone)
2) distasteful to + inf. (it was distasteful for me to have to enforce discipline)
Pronunciation examples for distasteful
1. Killing is distasteful...
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2. People would find that distasteful,
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3. might be distasteful; it certainly
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4. But I find it somewhat distasteful...
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5. that we might have had some rather distasteful genetic dalliances
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Examples of use of distasteful
1. Republicans found all the fuss rather distasteful.
2. We are going to have to start doing deals with some people we find distasteful – but no more distasteful than Milosevic and Franjo Tudjman in the Balkans.
3. "It‘s hypocritical as well as distasteful and unhelpful.
4. They may find it distasteful and kick up a stink.
5. But isn‘t there something deeply distasteful about the whole episode?