distastefully

2 definitions found

distastefully - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Distasteful \Dis*taste"ful\, a.
     1. Unpleasant or disgusting to the taste; nauseous;
        loathsome.
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     2. Offensive; displeasing to the feelings; disagreeable; as,
        a distasteful truth.
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              Distasteful answer, and sometimes unfriendly
              actions.                              --Milton.
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     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.
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distastefully - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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,
         distastefully, revoltingly, sickeningly]