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distasteful(dictionary)

distasteful (iou)



distasteful adjective. E17.
[from DISTASTE noun + -FUL.]
Disagreeable (formerly esp. to the taste); causing dislike or disgust; unpleasant, offensive. E17.
Dryden Why shou'd you pluck the green distasteful fruit. J. Ambrose His work must not be made distasteful to him through too much drudgery.
Full of or exhibiting dislike or aversion; malevolent. E-M17.
Shakespeare Timon of Athens After distasteful looks..They froze me into silence.
distastefully adverb (a) in a manner causing distaste, unpleasantly; (b) (long rare) with dislike or aversion: E17.
distastefulness noun (a) the quality of causing distaste, offensiveness; (b) dislike, repugnance: E17.