distasteful

Example Sentences

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This was particularly true of Berlin, a cosmopolitan city full of people who found the Nazis culturally distasteful.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

The frontman took umbrage at Jackson presenting himself as a messianic figure, protecting hundreds of children, calling the display "distasteful and crap".

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

Pregnancy for Hedda is as distasteful a matter as these in-law intrusions, but it’s clear that George didn’t spend his entire honeymoon in the library and that the marriage plot has got ahead of her.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

Any evidence to the contrary is dismissed as airy-fairy daydreaming or a distasteful fluke.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2025

June finished cleaning the stitches herself; it was distasteful to her, I could tell by the way she held her mouth, how it drew into a tight buttonhole.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd