distasteful
Example Sentences
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It was as distasteful a segment as you’d expect from “Update,” yet also somehow straddled the line between wallowing in the scandal and mining some genuine laughs out of it.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026
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
In part, that’s because even if the threats weren’t enough on their own, the texting story showed distasteful sides of Jones’ private personality.
From Slate • Nov. 4, 2025
Lynn found the scene so distasteful he never went back, and in my whole life I never saw him on the mountain.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
Vocabulary lists containing distasteful
Power Suffix: -ful
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The Bad Beginning
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