Definition of Distastefulness. Meaning of Distastefulness. Synonyms of Distastefulness

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Definition of Distastefulness

Distastefulness
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.

Meaning of Distastefulness from wikipedia

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- male cloaca). Frogs have glandular skin, with secretions ranging from distasteful to toxic. Their skin varies in colour from well-camouflaged dappled brown...
- today the great majority of the world considers public executions to be distasteful and most countries have outlawed the practice, throughout much of history...
- signals to warn bats that they are chemically protected and therefore distasteful. Moth species including the tiger moth can produce signals to jam bat...
- thought to have originated as a warning signal that the larvae were distasteful. This ability to create light was then co-opted as a mating signal and...
- less distasteful species benefiting more (as a square of the relative distastefulness) from the protection afforded by mimicry. Some have argued that some...
- absurd plot twists in Drop might be tolerable if the film weren't so distastefully tethered to domestic violence." James Marsh of the South China Morning...