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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Distasteful  \Dis*taste"ful\,  a. 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  distastefully 
  adv  1:  in  an  offensively  distasteful  manner;  "a  distastefully 
  explicit  report  on  the  Royal  couple's  marital  life" 
  2:  in  a  disgusting  manner  or  to  a  disgusting  degree;  "the 
  beggar  was  disgustingly  filthy"  [syn:  {disgustingly},  {revoltingly}, 
  {sickeningly}]




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