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distasteful

English

Alternative forms

  • distastefull (archaic)

Etymology

distaste +? -ful or dis- +? tasteful

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /d?s?te?stf??/
  • Rhymes: -e?stf?l

Adjective

distasteful (comparative more distasteful, superlative most distasteful)

  1. Having a bad or foul taste.
  2. (figuratively) Unpleasant.
  3. Offensive.

Antonyms

  • pleasant, pleasing

Translations

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dismal

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman dismal, from Old French (li) dis mals ("(the) bad days"), from Medieval Latin di?s (day) m?l? (bad).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?d?zm?l/
  • Rhymes: -?zm?l

Adjective

dismal (comparative more dismal, superlative most dismal)

  1. Disastrous, calamitous
  2. Disappointingly inadequate.
  3. Causing despair; gloomy and bleak.
  4. Depressing, dreary, cheerless.

Usage notes

  • Nouns to which "dismal" is often applied: failure, performance, state, record, place, result, scene, season, year, economy, future, fate, weather, news, condition, history.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:cheerless

Derived terms

  • dismal science

Translations

Anagrams

  • almids

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