Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

distasteful

/dɪsˈteɪstfəɫ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.99 in modern English

Syllables: dis-taste-ful
IPA: /dɪsˈteɪstfəɫ/

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a bad or foul taste.

adj

adj

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: unpalatable"
"The food had very distasteful flavour."
"Scrubbing the floors was a distasteful duty to perform."
"He imbitters not a diſtaſtfull meſſage to a forrein Prince by his indiſcretion in delivering it."
"All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. […] Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connection—or rather as a transition from the subject that had started their conversation—such talk had been distressingly out of place."
"distasteful language"

Etymology

From distaste + -ful or dis- + tasteful.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: dis
Suffix: distaste

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /dɪsˈteɪstfəɫ/

Inflected Forms

more distasteful (comparative) most distasteful (superlative) distastefull (alternative)

Derived Forms

distastefully distastefulness undistasteful

Phrases

bad taste in one's mouth

Frequently Paired Words

bad taste in one's mouth untasteful disgusting

Synonyms

unpalatable disgusting disgustful foul loathly loathsome repellent repellant repelling revolting skanky wicked

Antonyms

pleasant pleasing

Rhymes With

wasteful tasteful

Questions

How do you pronounce distasteful?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪsˈteɪstfəɫ/.
What does distasteful mean?: Having a bad or foul taste.
Where does distasteful come from?: From distaste + -ful or dis- + tasteful.

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