distastefulness
Quality of repelling
Distastefulness is the quality of being unpleasant or offensive to one's sensibilities.
The word applies to anything that provokes aversion—crude behavior, ugly décor, morally questionable choices: The distastefulness of his remarks made everyone uncomfortable.
It suggests something that offends taste rather than causes outright harm.
Intense distaste or disgust
- loathingIntense, settled disgust
- abhorrenceExtreme hatred or disgust
- disgustIntense physical aversion
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
revulsion · repellence · aversion · recoil · stomach-turning · sickening · nauseating · retching
Quality of causing affront
- inappropriatenessLack of suitability
- objectionablenessQuality of being distasteful
- unacceptabilityNot meeting standards
- improprietyUnsuitable or inappropriate behavior
unseemliness · indelicacy · tactlessness · insensitivity · boorishness · disrespectfulness · rudeness · incivility
Deserving harsh criticism
- depravityProfound moral corruption
- heinousnessExtreme moral reprehensibility
- vilenessDespicable quality
- despicablenessDeserving of contempt
wickedness · offensiveness · abomination · wrongness · turpitude · baseness · corruption · immorality
Lack of sophistication
- coarsenessRough or vulgar quality
- obscenityIndecent word or act
- lewdnessCrude sexual indecency
- profanityVulgar or obscene speech
indecency · impropriety · crassness · indelicacy · boorishness · sleaziness · smuttiness · raunchiness
Displeasing appearance quality
- unsightlinessState of being ugly
- gaudinessTasteless, excessive ornamentation
- tackinessSticky or vulgar quality
- kitschinessQuality of gaudy sentimentality
garishness · cheapness · shoddiness · inelegance · gracelessness · ghastliness · eyesore · hideousness
repugnance
Intense distaste or disgust
- loathingIntense, settled disgust
- abhorrenceExtreme hatred or disgust
- disgustIntense physical aversion
nausea · revulsion · repellence · aversion · recoil · stomach-turning · sickening · nauseating · retching · queasiness
offensiveness
Quality of causing affront
- inappropriatenessLack of suitability
- objectionablenessQuality of being distasteful
- unacceptabilityNot meeting standards
impropriety · unseemliness · indelicacy · tactlessness · insensitivity · boorishness · disrespectfulness · rudeness · incivility · unpleasantness
reprehensibility
Deserving harsh criticism
- depravityProfound moral corruption
- heinousnessExtreme moral reprehensibility
- vilenessDespicable quality
despicableness · wickedness · offensiveness · abomination · wrongness · turpitude · baseness · corruption · immorality · odiousness
crudeness
Lack of sophistication
- coarsenessRough or vulgar quality
- obscenityIndecent word or act
- lewdnessCrude sexual indecency
profanity · indecency · impropriety · crassness · indelicacy · boorishness · sleaziness · smuttiness · raunchiness · grossness
ugliness
Displeasing appearance quality
- unsightlinessState of being ugly
- gaudinessTasteless, excessive ornamentation
- tackinessSticky or vulgar quality
kitschiness · garishness · cheapness · shoddiness · inelegance · gracelessness · ghastliness · eyesore · hideousness · unattractiveness
distastefulnesspleasantness
Quality of being agreeable
sweetness · attractiveness · delightfulness · agreeableness · appeal
distastefulnesspropriety
Correctness of conduct
tastefulness · seemliness · decency · respectability · refinement
taste, tasteless, tasted, tasteful, tasting, distaste, tastes, distasteful, taster