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UNSAVORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unsavory mean? 

UNSAVORY (adjective)
  The adjective UNSAVORY has 2 senses:

1. morally offensiveplay

2. not pleasing in odor or tasteplay

  Familiarity information: UNSAVORY used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNSAVORY (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Morally offensive

Synonyms:

offensive; unsavory; unsavoury

Context example:

an unsavory scandal

Antonym:

savory (morally wholesome or acceptable)

Derivation:

unsavoriness (the property of being extremely unacceptable to the mind)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Not pleasing in odor or taste

Synonyms:

distasteful; unsavory; unsavoury

Similar:

unpalatable (not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind)

Derivation:

unsavoriness (extreme unpalatability to the mouth)


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