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distasteful(dictionary)

mofussil (iou) and distasteful (iou)


mofussil (iou)



mofussil noun & adjective. Indian subcontinent. Also Mofussil. L18.
[Urdu mufassil from Persian & Urdu mufassal from Arab. mufaal pass. pple of faala divide, separate.]
A. noun. The rural localities of a district as distinguished from the chief station or the town. L18.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of the mofussil; remote, provincial. M19.

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.