[syn: offensiveness, odiousness, distastefulness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Distasteful \Dis*taste"ful\, a.
1. Unpleasant or disgusting to the taste; nauseous;
loathsome.
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2. Offensive; displeasing to the feelings; disagreeable; as,
a distasteful truth.
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Distasteful answer, and sometimes unfriendly
actions. --Milton.
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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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
distastefulness
n 1: extreme unpalatability to the mouth [syn: disgustingness,
distastefulness, nauseatingness, sickeningness,
unsavoriness]
2: the quality of being offensive [syn: offensiveness,
odiousness, distastefulness]