See Also: unsavoury(dictionary)
unsavoury(dictionary)

unsavoury (iou)



unsavoury adjective. Also *unsavory. ME.
[from UN-1 + SAVOURY adjective.]
Having no taste or savour; insipid. ME-L18.
b. Having no scent. M16-E18.
a. Unpleasant or disagreeable to the taste, smell, or refined feelings; disgusting, distasteful. LME.
W. Cowper The pent-up breath of an unsav'ry throng.
b. Morally objectionable or offensive; having an unpleasant or disagreeable character. LME.
B. Webb The unsavoury element in Parliamentary life is the intense competition for the limelight.
unsavoured adjective having no savour; unsavoury: LME.
unsavourily adverb LME.
unsavouriness noun LME.