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Added 9 October 2026

distasteful

/dɪsˈteɪstfəɫ/ adjective

adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about distasteful at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Having a bad or foul taste.
The food had very distasteful flavour.
Unpleasant.
Scrubbing the floors was a distasteful duty to perform.
Offensive.
distasteful language

Origin

From distaste + -ful or dis- + tasteful.

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