distasteful

Definitions

dis- (not) + taste + -ful = full of bad taste, i.e. offensive. Where distaste names the feeling, distasteful describes the thing that causes it: a distasteful remark, a distasteful task. It judges the object, not the person reacting.

Common Collocations

• 1.find something distasteful觉得某事令人反感
• 2.a distasteful remark令人反感的言论
• 3.morally distasteful道德上令人厌恶
• 4.deeply distasteful极其令人不快

Example Sentences

• 1.

  Many viewers found the advertisement distasteful.

• 2.

  Firing loyal staff was a distasteful but necessary decision.

• 3.

  He made a distasteful joke at the funeral.