distasteful
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
And as effective as these recordings are in sending a pit plummeting to the viewer’s stomach, they also give “The Perfect Neighbor” a bitter, distasteful flavor.
From Salon • Oct. 21, 2025
He refused to budge, and Milo had no choice but to stretch both arms about the trunk in a distasteful hug and start climbing.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing distasteful
Power Suffix: -ful
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The Bad Beginning
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