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UNSAVORINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unsavoriness mean?
• UNSAVORINESS (noun)
The noun UNSAVORINESS has 2 senses:
1. extreme unpalatability to the mouth
2. the property of being extremely unacceptable to the mind
Familiarity information: UNSAVORINESS 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 ("unsavoriness" is a kind of...):
unpalatability; unpalatableness (the property of being unacceptable to the mouth)
Derivation:
unsavory (not pleasing in odor or taste)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The property of being extremely unacceptable to the mind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
disgustingness; unsavoriness
Hypernyms ("unsavoriness" is a kind of...):
unpalatability; unpalatableness (the property of being unacceptable to the mind)
Derivation:
unsavory (morally offensive)
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