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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

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scandalous

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin scandalosus, via French scandaleuse; as if scandal + -ous.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?skænd?l?s/

Adjective

scandalous (comparative more scandalous, superlative most scandalous)

  1. Wrong, immoral, causing a scandal
    • 1884, Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
      The thing made a big stir in the town, too, and a good many come out flatfooted and said it was scandalous to separate the mother and the children that way.
  2. Malicious, defamatory.
    • 1592, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedie
      These be the scandalous reports of such / As loves not me, and hate my lord too much.
    • 1887, Marie Corelli, Thelma
      I always disregard gossip--it is generally scandalous, and seldom true.
  3. Outrageous; exceeding reasonable limits.

Derived terms

  • scandalously
  • scandalousness

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