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Insolent vs Distasteful - What's the difference?

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Insolent is a related term of distasteful.


As adjectives the difference between insolent and distasteful

is that insolent is insulting in manner or words while distasteful is having a bad or foul taste.

insolent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Insulting in manner or words.
  • Rude.
  • *
  • *:“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers,!”
  • Cheeky.

    • Synonyms

    * insulting: arrogant, bold, cocky, impudent * rude: disrespectful, impertinent, insubordinate, offensive * See also * See also

    Related terms

    * insolence * insolency * insolently

    External links

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    distasteful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * distastefull (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a bad or foul taste.
  • (figuratively) Unpleasant.
  • *, chapter=12
    • , 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