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DISTASTEFULNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does distastefulness mean?
• DISTASTEFULNESS (noun)
The noun DISTASTEFULNESS has 2 senses:
1. extreme unpalatability to the mouth
2. the quality of being offensive
Familiarity information: DISTASTEFULNESS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extreme unpalatability to the mouth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
disgustingness; distastefulness; nauseatingness; sickeningness; unsavoriness
Hypernyms ("distastefulness" is a kind of...):
unpalatability; unpalatableness (the property of being unacceptable to the mouth)
Derivation:
distasteful (not pleasing in odor or taste)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of being offensive
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
distastefulness; odiousness; offensiveness
Hypernyms ("distastefulness" is a kind of...):
unpleasantness (the quality of giving displeasure)
Attribute:
offensive (unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses)
inoffensive (giving no offense)
offensive (causing anger or annoyance)
inoffensive; unoffending (not causing anger or annoyance)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "distastefulness"):
blatancy (the property of being both obvious and offensive)
loathsomeness; lousiness; repulsiveness; sliminess; vileness; wickedness (the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions)
hatefulness; objectionableness; obnoxiousness (the quality of being hateful)
Derivation:
distasteful (highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust)
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