Bad Taste
Lack of refinement
Bad taste is a lack of aesthetic judgment or social sensitivity.
Someone with bad taste chooses things considered ugly, cheap, or inappropriate: The velvet Elvis painting is bad taste incarnate.
Bad taste also describes humor or behavior that offends decency: His jokes about the funeral were in bad taste.
What counts as bad taste shifts with time and culture—yesterday's kitsch becomes today's camp.
- tackyVulgar or slightly sticky
- vulgarCrude or indecent
- gaudyTastelessly ornate
- crassCrudely lacking refinement
- kitschTasteless, garish art
cheap · garish · trailer trash · crude · offensive · unpalatable · bitter · sour · rancid · spoiled · gross · trashy · flashy · sleazy · lowbrow · cheesy · nasty · foul
- New ZealandAuckland, Wellington, Air New Zealand, Kiwis, Christchurch
- Peter JacksonLord of the Rings, The Hobbit, King Kong, extended edition
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Sense of quality
elegance · refinement · sophistication · discernment · tastefulness
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Fitting social conduct
propriety · tact · good manners · discretion · appropriateness
Bad Tastehigh culture
Society's esteemed artistic traditions
breeding · savoir-faire · cultivation · connoisseurship · worldliness
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