Unsavoury

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of unsavory. UK, alt-of, alternative

    "The lawyer and twice-divorced mother of three had presented herself as the modern face of her party, trying to strip it of unsavoury overtones after her father's convictions for saying the Nazi occupation of France was not "particularly inhumane"."

Adjective
  1. 1
    morally offensive wordnet
  2. 2
    not pleasing in odor or taste wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
distastefuloffensiveunpalatableunsavoryunsavoryuntasty

Example

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"Tom stepped down after details of his unsavoury past emerged."

Etymology

From un- + savoury.

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