Distasteful — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

not pleasing in odor or taste

highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˈiən/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪstˈeɪstfəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪstˈeɪstfəl/

4 syllables Say it as /ˈiən/.

Examples

a disgusting smell
distasteful language
a loathsome disease

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

skanky wicked revolting loathly disgustful loathsome repellant repelling disgusting unsavoury unsavory yucky foul repellent

Parts of Speech

adjective	not pleasing in odor or taste
adjective	highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust “a disgusting smell”

Word Forms

distastefulness	noun	extreme unpalatability to the mouth
unsavoriness	noun	extreme unpalatability to the mouth
disgustingness	noun	extreme unpalatability to the mouth
loathsomeness	noun	the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions
repel	verb	fill with distaste
skank	noun	any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant
wickedness	noun	the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

geschmacklos

weder im Geruch noch im Geschmack angenehm

🇫🇷French

désagréable

pas agréable en odeur ou en goût

🇪🇸Spanish

desagradable

no es agradable en olor o sabor

🇮🇹Italian

sgradevole

non gradevole nell'odore o nel gusto

🇳🇱Dutch

onsmakelijk

niet aangenaam qua geur of smaak

🇵🇹Portuguese

desagradável

não agradável em odor ou sabor

🇷🇺Russian

неприятный

не приятный ни по запаху, ни по вкусу

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अप्रिय

गंध या स्वाद में अच्छा न लगना

🇧🇩Bengali

বিরক্তিকর

গন্ধ বা স্বাদে আনন্দদায়ক নয়

🇮🇳Tamil

அருவருப்பானது

வாசனை அல்லது சுவையில் மகிழ்ச்சி இல்லை

🇮🇳Telugu

అసహ్యకరమైన

వాసన లేదా రుచిలో ఆహ్లాదకరంగా ఉండదు

🇮🇳Marathi

अप्रिय

गंध किंवा चव मध्ये सुखकारक नाही

🇮🇳Gujarati

અરુચિકર

ગંધ અથવા સ્વાદમાં આનંદદાયક નથી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಸಹ್ಯಕರ

ವಾಸನೆ ಅಥವಾ ರುಚಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಆಹ್ಲಾದಕರವಲ್ಲ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അരോചകമായ

മണമോ രുചിയോ അല്ല

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਸੁਵਿਧਾਜਨਕ

ਗੰਧ ਜਾਂ ਸੁਆਦ ਵਿੱਚ ਪ੍ਰਸੰਨ ਨਹੀਂ

🇵🇰Urdu

ناگوار

خوشبو یا ذائقہ میں خوش نہیں

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

令人厌恶的

气味或味道不令人愉快

🇯🇵Japanese

不快な

匂いや味が良くない

🇰🇷Korean

맛 없는

냄새나 맛이 좋지 않다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

khó chịu

không dễ chịu về mùi hoặc vị

🇹🇭Thai

น่ารังเกียจ

ไม่เป็นที่พอใจในกลิ่นหรือรส

🇮🇩Indonesian

tidak menyenangkan

tidak menyenangkan dalam bau atau rasa

🇵🇭Filipino

nakakadiri

hindi kaaya-aya sa amoy o lasa

🇲🇾Malay

menjijikkan

tidak menyenangkan dalam bau atau rasa

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مقيت

لا يرضي الرائحة أو الذوق

🇮🇷Persian

ناپسند

از نظر بو یا طعم خوشایند نیست

🇹🇷Turkish

nahoş

kokusu veya tadı hoş değil

🇮🇱Hebrew

לֹא נָעִים

לא נעים בריח או בטעם

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The primary meaning of 'distasteful' is 'not pleasing in odor or taste'.

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