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Definition of Distasteful

Distasteful
Distasteful Dis*taste"ful, a. 1. Unpleasant or disgusting to the taste; nauseous; loathsome. 2. Offensive; displeasing to the feelings; disagreeable; as, a distasteful truth. Distasteful answer, and sometimes unfriendly actions. --Milton. 3. 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.

Meaning of Distasteful from wikipedia

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- beetles, including ladybirds, blister beetles, and lycid beetles secrete distasteful or toxic substances to make them unpalatable or poisonous, and are often...
- (top and third row) and distasteful Ithomiini (Nymphalidae, second and bottom row). Mutual Müllerian mimicry in distasteful Heliconius butterflies. Plate...
- signals to warn bats that they are chemically protected and therefore distasteful. Moth species including the tiger moth can produce signals to jam bat...
- addition, most species of amphibian have granular glands that secrete distasteful or poisonous substances. Some amphibian toxins can be lethal to humans...
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- others palatable. It turns out that many species of insects are toxic or distasteful when they have fed on plants that contain chemicals of particular classes...
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- Batesian mimic of the monarch butterfly, but since the viceroy is also distasteful to predators, it is now considered a Müllerian mimic instead. The viceroy...
- mixing familiar yet disparate ingredients, making something odd, possibly distasteful, undeniably arresting out of them". He praised Oldman's performance as...