Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Distasteful \Dis*taste"ful\, a.
Unpleasant or disgusting to the taste; nauseous; loathsome.
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Offensive; displeasing to the feelings; disagreeable; as, a distasteful truth.
Distasteful answer, and sometimes unfriendly actions.
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Manifesting distaste or dislike; repulsive. ``Distasteful looks.''
--Shak.Syn: Nauseous; unsavory; unpalatable; offensive; displeasing; dissatisfactory; disgusting. - Dis*taste"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis*taste"ful*ness, n.
Wiktionary
adv. In a distasteful manner
WordNet
adv. in an offensively distasteful manner; "a distastefully explicit report on the Royal couple's marital life"
in a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree; "the beggar was disgustingly filthy" [syn: disgustingly, revoltingly, sickeningly]
Usage examples of "distastefully".
She stretched the kinks out of her back, then looked distastefully at her sodden boots, and walked barefoot to the firepit.
The old man touched the guild token and stared distastefully into the bloody box, Maranta stuffed all her fingers into her mouth, Coreon stared at the box, and Syne stared at Culdyn, who looked resolutely across the room, lips tight.
He looked up at Doctor Parsons, who was standing over him and glancing around distastefully.
Distastefully picking pieces of musty moss from his wet sleeve, he glared at Jostein, who had asked the barmy question, then snarled, "How in bloody hell would I know if witches fall in love?
He reached the landing just as Waverley's butler was distastefully picking up the plastic bag of sirloin steak from one of the tapestry-covered chairs.