Synonyms for Unsavory

Synonyms for "unsavory" (137 found)

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Closest matches (28)

amoral bitter conscienceless corrupt corrupted criminal crooked dark dead derogatory devious dilute diluted disagreeable discreditable disgusting dishonest dishonorable dislikable displeasing

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disreputable distasteful doubtful dubious evasive fade

Adjective(2 words)

disreputable distasteful

Strong matches (41)

felonious fishy flat flavorless foul-tasting fraudulent gruelly ignoble ignominious ill-flavored ill-got ill-gotten immoral inane indifferent indirect infamous inglorious insidious insipid

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jejune mildmilk-and-waternasty nauseatingnot koshernotorious objectionable obnoxious offensive painful pappy pulpy questionable repellent repugnant

Adjective(5 words)

immoral off-putting offensive questionable reprehensible

Related words (68)

repulsive revolting rotten sapless savorless seamy shady shameless shifty sickening sinister slippery sordid sour spiceless stale suspicious tasteless thankless thin

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Adjective(6 words)

shady skanky unappetizing unethical unpalatable unsavoury

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

7 entries

ethical descriptorevaluative termmoral adjectivequalitative descriptorreputational adjectivesocial descriptortaste related adjective

More specific

9 entries

acrid bitter coercive corrupt dubious fraudulent nefarious rancid shady

Collocations

6 entries

unsavory associationunsavory characterunsavory influenceunsavory practiceunsavory reputationunsavory rumor

Inflections

4 entries

least savoryless savorymore unsavorymost unsavory

Derivations

3 entries

savor savoriness savory

Antonyms

1 entries

savory

similar

1 entries

unpalatable

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

There were some unsavory rumors about him.

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It was unsavory, to say the least.

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Tom's comments were unsavory.

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Yanni is an unsavory character.

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