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Distasteful vs Appalling - What's the difference?

distasteful | appalling | Related terms |

Distasteful is a related term of appalling.


As adjectives the difference between distasteful and appalling

is that distasteful is having a bad or foul taste while appalling is horrifying and astonishing.

As a verb appalling is

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distasteful

English

Alternative forms

* distastefull (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having a bad or foul taste.
  • (figuratively) Unpleasant.
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    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion—or rather as a transition from the subject that started their conversation—such talk had been distressingly out of place.}}
  • Offensive.

    • Antonyms

    * pleasant, pleasing

    appalling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Horrifying and astonishing.
    • That was an appalling waste of money.

    Usage notes

    * Not to be confused with appealing.

    Synonyms

    * awful, grotesque, horrid, hideous, terrible

    Derived terms

    * appallingly