distasteful Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite not pleasing in odor or taste
    unsavoury; unsavory.
  2. adjective satellite highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
    skanky; disgusting; loathly; loathsome; repellant; repellent; foul; disgustful; repelling; yucky; revolting; wicked.
    • a disgusting smell
    • distasteful language
    • a loathsome disease
    • the idea of eating meat is repellent to me
    • revolting food
    • a wicked stench

WordNet

Dis*taste"ful adjective
Definitions
  1. Unpleasant or disgusting to the taste; nauseous; loathsome.
  2. Offensive; displeasing to the feelings; disagreeable; as, a distasteful truth.
    Distasteful answer, and sometimes unfriendly actions. Milton.
  3. Manifesting distaste or dislike; repulsive. "Distasteful looks." Shak. Syn. -- Nauseous; unsavory; unpalatable; offensive; displeasing; dissatisfactory; disgusting. - Dis*taste"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis*taste"ful*ness, n.

Webster 1913