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Definition of distasteful adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

distasteful

adjective
 
/dɪsˈteɪstfl/
 
/dɪsˈteɪstfl/
(formal)
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  1. unpleasant or offensive
    • The bad language in the film was distasteful and unnecessary.
    Extra Examples
    • It all seems a little distasteful to me.
    • The work was thoroughly distasteful to her.
    • I found the subject rather distasteful.
    • Parts of this story may be distasteful, even shocking.
    • Some viewers might find the pictures distasteful.
    • Such behaviour was distasteful to the more conservative members of the family.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • seem
    • find something
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    preposition
    • to
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See distasteful in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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