distasteful
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To those in Griffin’s milieu, or who aspire to be, the video was a distasteful and even dangerous broadside against the city’s wealthy.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 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
“There’s a fine line between what’s distasteful conduct and what’s criminal conduct,” Muller said.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025
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
The oldest girls serve pumpernickel and goose liver on the house’s last unchipped plates while the portly vice minister and his severe-looking wife inspect the parlor like lords come to tour some distasteful gnomish cottage.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Vocabulary lists containing distasteful
Power Suffix: -ful
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