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Antonyms for distasteful

Grammar : Adj

Spell : dis-teyst-fuhl

Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˈteɪst fəl

Definition of distasteful

Origin : c.1600, from distaste + -ful. Related: Distastefully; distastefulness.

adj repulsive, unpleasant

Example sentences :

The task now imposed upon him was a most distasteful and unwelcome one.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

Again that distasteful expression fraught with distrust and insinuation.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

Recitals were almost as distasteful as Chapter meetings or "At Homes" to his mind.
Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Any to whom this clause in the articles was distasteful might follow some other leader.
Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini

They had, somehow, a distasteful, puzzling piece of work cut out for them.
Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown

To the Japanese themselves the inference was patent and distasteful.
Extract from : « England and Germany » by Emile Joseph Dillon

Linton's flippancy, for the first time, was distasteful to Cashel.
Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever

Asgill was distasteful to her, because her brother affected him.
Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman

Shall I own at once that the career was distasteful to me in the highest degree?
Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever

And acting unselfishly too, because I can very well understand how distasteful it may be to you.
Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad

Synonyms for distasteful

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